Emails Missing in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 SP1 or SP2

With each new release of Outlook Express patches and service packs, the application and its mail folders are considered to be more safer. But .dbx file corruption is not an exception in any case. Outlook Express .dbx files are prone to host of corruption problems. The folders once corrupted should either be recreated or restored from the recent backup. In case when no suitable backup is present, you should opt for an efficient Outlook Express Repair Tool to recover corrupted .dbx files.

Consider a scenario when you use Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed on a Windows XP-based computer. You start Outlook Express and notice that all email items are not visible in respective folders. All email messages are missing.

Cause

The above problem results if Outlook Express .dbx file or contacts database is damaged due to compaction. The .dbx file can get corrupt out of these frequent reasons:

(1) You interrupt the compaction process.
(2) You start the .dbx file compaction process when Outlook Express is closed.
(3) The file size of DBX is quite large, generally more than 1 GB.
(4) You leave Outlook Express running for a long interval of time and don't exit it.

Solution

To prevent such DBX corruption from occurring, you should install the security update MS06-076. After you install the update, Outlook Express creates the .dbx file backup in Recycle Bin before compacting it. The file is stored as mail_folder_name.bak. Where, mail_folder_name is the name of folder that has been compacted. To restore the corrupted folder's contents, you can restore it from Recycle Bin

However, if you have deleted the .bak file or the folders have got corrupted since you didn't install the update, you need a complete backup to restore the lost emails. The backup can fail if is not updated or is corrupt too. In such situations, you require a comprehensive Outlook Express Repair solution that can repair and restore corrupted .dbx files at a safe location.

Outlook Express Repair software are highly competent products that can analyze a corrupted Outlook Express file safely and extract data from.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced mail recovery utility designed to repair corrupted DBX files created with Outlook Express 5.x and 6.x. It is a powerful, yet non-destructive Outlook Express Repair software that uses effective scanning algorithms. It can also repair *.eml messages that can be directly opened and viewed in Outlook Express.

Outlook Express File Corruption Due to Increased Size

Microsoft Outlook Express is an E-Mail Client, which comes with Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 98 to Windows XP. Outlook Express stores all e-mails, news, folders, contacts and other personal data in the form of DBX files. Outlook Express creates a separate DBX file for every personal folder like Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items and more. As you receive or send e-mails, the size of DBX files gets increased and when it becomes larger than 2 GB, the file may become inaccessible due to internal or structural damage. In such situations, you can not access your valuable data from the DBX file and need to opt for Outlook Express Repair solutions to resolve the problem.

The maximum size limit for the DBX files of Microsoft Outlook Express is 2 GB. If you do not delete the e-mails, attachments and other items from Outlook Express account, the size of DBX file may exceed the size limit and may create several problems. In Outlook Express, slow performance (as while opening emails) and DBX file corruption are common outcomes of increased size of DBX file.

In order to prevent the occurrence of such issues, you need to take the following steps:

(1) Create backup of all the DBX files to a safe location on your hard drive or other storage media.
(2) Do not save all your emails in a single folder, specially the Inbox folder. You should create special folders to divide messages into them viz. as per the sender or organization.
(3) Periodically delete unusable emails and other items.
(4) Compact the DBX file to decrease its size.

These precautions are helpful in keeping your DBX file functional, but if you have not taken them and your DBX file is already corrupt, you need to opt for Outlook Express Repair solutions to repair and restore damaged DBX files.

DBX repair is potential with the help of powerful third party tools, known as Outlook Express Repair software. These software are capable of methodically scanning the entire DBX file and extracting all its objects including e-mails, news, contacts and special folders.

These software come equipped with various recovery options, interactive and simple graphical user interface. Thus, they let you carry out Outlook Express Recovery on your own. With read-only and non-destructive design, these software serve as safe to implement solutions.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the premier Outlook Express Repair solution to retrieve inaccessible data from DBX files. It supports Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5 and 5.0. The software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000.