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Opening malfunctioned Outlook Express files

keith — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:13:31 +0000

How would you read a PDF file if you did not have available Acrobat reader? Have you ever attempted to open a Microsoft Excel file when you do not have Excel installed to your PC? In both of these circumstances you will meet with abject failure and upon opening file with indifferent program find yourself staring at gibberish in the form of fragmented ASCII code. This is the scenario that applies very well to dealing with a damaged Microsoft Outlook Express mailbox.

Outlook Express files are stored in the DBX format and just as in the case of a PDF or Excel file can only be read by a program designed for that purpose. But even these programs, specifically Microsoft Outlook Express, cannot access the underlying information in a DBX file if the Outlook Express application files are corrupted. To counter this difficulty you will need a program designed to repair DBX file information. A DBX repair tool will enable you to find and open all stored emails on your computer that are written in the DBX file format as well as recover any deleted emails from Outlook Express.

Saving Outlook Express email messages from permanent loss

keith — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:10:27 +0000

If you are having problems with lost messages on Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express you need to be aware that the process of recovering customization options and messaging on both of these Microsoft e-mail clients is extremely different. Microsoft Outlook stores your messages and customization options in a special database type file known as a PST. This file is extremely vulnerable to damage and corruption and will require a specialized tool for inbox repair should you discover a malfunction. To recover Outlook Express files it is preferable to use a program specifically designed to recognize the Outlook Express file types. These files use the proprietary Microsoft DBX extension.

While it is possible for a general purpose file recovery program to locate and recover these files, especially when one knows to specifically search for file names ending in DBX it is preferable to use a data recovery program designed to recover DBX file content. This is especially important when the boot sectors of your computer’s hard drive were also damaged.