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An Outlook Express store file may be damaged.

There’s a way out, even when everything seems to be lost and you can see various error messages, when opening Outlook Express. If you cannot open a mailbox in Outlook Express format, be ready, that it is lost. In some rare cases, users can restore their email from a backup copy, but in the most cases it is absent. So, do you have a copy of your mailbox, that can easily help to avoid data corruption? If yes, you can simply copy and paste intact dbx files and replace corrupted ones. However, it is not possible, if a backup copy is absent. A great number of users do not have enough skills to prepare a copy and to update it regularly.

We suggest trying another solution. Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express(download) can be used, when other ways to retrieve your messages from corrupted files of dbx format cannot help. This tool helps to avoid losses for your business and permits to save a lot of resources, when IT department is unable to prevent a failure. Moreover, there a lot of troubles, that cannot be detected by antivirus software, spam filters and firewalls. Dbx files, where your emails are stored, can be damaged due to power failures, file system errors, hardware failures and other troubles, that cannot be detected by security-related programs and lead to Outlook Express store file damaged.

Outlook Express store file damaged

So, if you see an error in Outlook Express corrupt files, when trying to open Outlook Express, do not lose time. You can still save your emails, but you should start the process of data recovery as soon as possible, otherwise, there’s a risk, that your email will be lost. Do not think, that it is too complicated, email repair is easy with Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express. In spite of the fact, that the process of data recovery uses intelligent solutions, developed by our engineers, the process of Outlook Express corrupted files repair is very easy for our customers. Email recovery represents several easy steps, that can be performed by all users and even without instructions, when an Outlook Express store file may be damaged.

First of all, Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express is very small. The size of this program to restore lost Outlook Express files and corrupt Outlook Express file is approximately 1 Mb, it considerably facilitates its distribution. Please compare Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express with other email restore programs, most of them are very large and require CD delivery. It is not acceptable, especially in such situations, when data integrity depends on the time, that it needed to start the process. So, do not lose days or even weeks, until your order will arrive, get Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express in a minute and repair your mailbox in Outlook Express format.

Corrupt Outlook Express files

The interface of Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express is easy, in the left upper corner you can see Recovery Wizard button, this feature is a great helper for beginners in Outlook Express corrupt file fixing. Recovery Wizard provides advices for all steps of email repair, it considerably increases the chances, that the process will be successfully completed, when Outlook Express files lost. In some cases, when Outlook Express store file damaged, it is not needed and it will be better to close its window. It is also recommended to uncheck the box Don’t show this dialog again on StartUp, when an Outlook Express store file may be damaged.

In the beginning of email repair process of lost Outlook Express files, please take a look at the Source .dbx file field, you should see a list of files with dbx extension, Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx and so on. Outlook Express does not store your mailbox in a single file, all folders are stored separately, it increases your chances for successful recovery of Outlook Express inbox files, because some files could remain uninfected. Please note, that it is safe to open infected files with Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express, but, since this program cannot prevent virus infection, it is still recommended to have an antivirus client, installed on your PC.

Lost Outlook Express files

If you’d like to open dbx files from another location, press Choose Source Folder and modify factory settings. This feature permits to select any folder on your workstation. Together with Batch mode, it can be used to process many files one by one. After this step, you can move to the next one and press Read Source File to continue fixing corrupt Outlook Express files.

You can now sit back in your chair and watch, until the analysis of corrupt Outlook Express files will be completed. A status bar will appear on the screen together with the Cancel button. Do not press it and interrupt the process of data analysis, it should be completed successfully. When it will be finished, Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express shows the messages, that were restored without errors. However, demo version users will be unable to preview message bodies, only headers are available in this mode to read Outlook Express files.

Press Choose Save Folder, if you’d like to modify the path, where Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express will extract restored messages in eml format. We recommend creating a clean folder, because this tool may create hundreds of small files with eml extension and it will be difficult to find a separate message in this list.