I don't keep anything in the My Documents file, CPB ... well, a few pictures but certainly nothing else. It was the entire C drive that was checked. But why would emails go anywhere else other than Outlook Express? I set up sub-files under "inbox" and "sent items" and that was where I put all the ones I wanted to keep after I had read them ... that's just a simple drag & drop thing; highlight the email, drag it over to the left column and drop in the appropriate file. It is all these sub files and their contents that have gone missing.