subject: Repair And Restore Outlook Express 6 Files [print this page] MS Outlook Express was initially launched as Outlook Express 4.0, which was included in Windows 98 and stored messages in *.mbx files. Then came Outlook Express 5.0 switching to *.dbx files, with a separate file for each mailbox folder, followed by Outlook Express 5.5, 6.0, 6.0 SP2 and 6.0 SP3 versions. Outlook Express is prone to corruption, especially when the database increases in size due to an increasing number of stored emails and during database compaction. Also certain issues like header corruption of DBX file, media corruption of local disk, corrupted DBX email files, accidentally deleted email account for Outlook corruption.
Considering the latest version, here we will see how to repair Outlook Express 6. An attempt to repair corrupted inbox mails can be seen.
1.Close Outlook Express 6
2.Find the database by searching forinbox.dbxor *.dbx.
3.Before deleting the file copy it to a new temporary location. The copy can be used for recovering emails.
4.Delete the fileinbox.dbx.
5.Open Outlook Express and open local folders and notice that theinboxfolder is still there. If you do a search forinbox.dbxyou will find that a new file has been created by Outlook Express though empty.
6.If you have a backup copy of the folder then copy that backup files into the same directory as the oldinbox.dbxfile. Open local folders and you will notice that the inbox folder is still there and contains messages but depending upon your backup date.
7.The folder will work normally but may not contain all of the messages prior to corruption.
Well the corrupted *.dbx file can be effectively repaired so but what about the lost messages. Also if you dont have a recent backup copy, local folders are severely damaged or there are other errors in the file. Probably this method will not be enough. You will need to repair Outlook Express 6 with a recovery tool. This will help you restore all the data within the corrupted files.
Recoveryfix for Outlook Express Repair is a repair DBX tool with explicit features. It can repair highly damaged DBX files and efficiently recover emails, images, message properties, attachments. You can recover deleted data and these are highlighted. It supports Unicode character recovery and even lets you save data in DBX and EML file format. It is compatible with Outlook Express 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0. Take a free trial of the software which is fully functional, except that you can only save the first ten files from every selected folder.
