Outlook Express Deletion
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Outlook Express Deletion
Early I emptied my deleted items folder in OE. Now I think there may have been a couple of messages I wanted to keep!
Is there anyway of finding them once the deleted items folder has been emptied.
Futile I know!
Is there anyway of finding them once the deleted items folder has been emptied.
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Hi Max,
The first thing to do if you accidentally delete a file is to stop using the PC !
In simple terms, when you "delete" a file, it still remains on the hard drive but the reference to it is deleted, freeing up the space used by the file to be written over - that's why you should stop using the PC as soon as you realise what you've done....
There are a number of utilities available for recovering "deleted" files - if you must download them to the same PC, and the PC has two hard drives ( or two partitions on one drive ) download it to the drive / partition that does NOT contain the file you want to recover - to make sure you don't overwrite the file you want to recover with the recovery program !
Here's one you could try - Freeware - File Recovery 4
Good luck
The first thing to do if you accidentally delete a file is to stop using the PC !
In simple terms, when you "delete" a file, it still remains on the hard drive but the reference to it is deleted, freeing up the space used by the file to be written over - that's why you should stop using the PC as soon as you realise what you've done....
There are a number of utilities available for recovering "deleted" files - if you must download them to the same PC, and the PC has two hard drives ( or two partitions on one drive ) download it to the drive / partition that does NOT contain the file you want to recover - to make sure you don't overwrite the file you want to recover with the recovery program !
Here's one you could try - Freeware - File Recovery 4
Good luck
