Deleted E-mail Recovery

The Disk Cleanup utility in Windows systems is used to remove unwanted files and utilities from the hard disk. Using this tool on a regular basis speeds up your computer’s performance considerably apart from performing the usual clean-up process. However, sometimes this tool removes the archived emails from Outlook Express as well, which leads to utter chaos at times. In such cases, you should use in-built methods to recover deleted emails. If the methods are not enough, then you should use a third-party Deleted Email Recovery software to do the needful.

Consider a scenario wherein you are using Outlook Express 6.0 in your Windows XP system. You run the Disk Cleanup utility as part of your maintenance routine. When the process gets completed, you open Outlook Express and find that the Inbox folder has been cleaned up. You have no idea how that has happened.

Cause:

The root cause of this unfortunate situation is that you may have archived the Inbox emails. And during the Disk Cleanup process, those emails got cleaned up by the Disk Cleanup utility.

Resolution:

Although you have lost the emails due to the aforementioned reason, you should keep in mind the following precautions to avoid such instances in the future:

1.You should not archive the Inbox or Sent Items emails.
2.You should create user defined folders on your hard disk and store the emails on them.
3.You should regularly empty the Deleted Items folder.
4.You should compact the Outlook Express folders regularly.

Now, to recover the deleted emails, you should perform the following steps:

1.Search for *.bak files in Start | Search.
2.Locate the Outlook Express folders such as Archive, Inbox, etc wherein their corresponding files would be Archive.bak, Inbox.bak, and so on.
3.Rename the Archive.bak file as Archive.dbx. Repeat the procedure for other folders as well.
4.Start Outlook Express and see if the problem is resolved or not.

However, if the problem is persisting, do not feel disheartened as the deleted emails can still be recovered. However, in such cases you should use a third-party deleted mail recovery software to recover deleted emails. Such deleted mail recovery tools are completely read-only in nature that recover deleted email without overwriting on the existing data.

Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery is a deleted mail recovery software that is used to recover deleted email from MS Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. In addition, this deleted email recovery software Recover Deleted Email from Outlook Express 5.x and 6.0. It is able to restore most of other Outlook objects such as attachments, contacts, tasks, journals, calendar items, etc. Also, this deleted mail recovery preserves the formatting of the RTF and HTML messages. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.

Microsoft Outlook saves all its information, such as, e-mails, calendar/journal entries, appointments, tasks, notes, and more in a .pst file. The data saved in this file can be exported, imported, deleted, compacted, backed up as per the requirements of an Outlook user. While deletion of data from a PST file can be performed manually, there are various situations when the data automatically deletes from the PST file. This generally happens when the file gets corrupted due to a virus attack. In most of these situations, the deleted data does not move to ‘Deleted Items’ folder, making it permanently inaccessible for the Outlook user. To access deleted data in such situations, the user needs to restore data from an updated backup. However, in the absence of an up-to-date backup or backup falling short of restoring the data, the user needs to opt for an advanced third-party Deleted Email Recovery application ( www.recover-deleted-email.net.

To illustrate the above scenario, consider a practical situation wherein you log into your MS Outlook account and view the following:

· All your e-mails after a particular date (for eg. 15th December 2009) have been deleted.

· All your Contacts are also missing.

In addition, you do not find either of the above in the ‘Deleted Items’ folder of your MS Outlook. These emails and contacts get deleted without any warning message.

Cause:

The root cause for deletion of missing mails and contacts is severe virus attack.

Resolution:

To resolve the above problem and to access deleted e-mails and contacts, you will need to follow the below mentioned steps:

1. Copy the deleted data from an updated and valid backup.

2. But, in the absence of backup or backup restoring deficient information, use a commercial Deleted Email Recovery software.

Such Deleted Mail Recovery utilities use effective scanning and recovery techniques that scan the PST file to recover deleted data. Competent in recovering almost all deleted data, the recovery utilities are built with Outlook-style interface, which makes them easy-to-understand, and does not require any prior technical knowledge.

Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery is a safe utility that comprehensively recoups almost all deleted PST file items, such as, e-mails, contacts, and more. Compatible with almost all versions of MS Outlook, including 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000, the Deleted Mail Recovery software is designed for Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000.

Microsoft Outlook users send, receive, reply, and forward e-mails to communicate regarding their personal and professional matters. These e-mails can also contain attachment(s), such as, a word document, spreadsheets, .txt files, and more. However, before downloading the attachments on the system, the user should scan it with a powerful anti-virus software. This allows the user to prevent all the virus-infection issues. However, if the user forgets to scan the document or the anti-virus software is unable to detect the virus, then it might leave the user in serious problems. One such problem is deletion of e-mails from the PST file. To overcome such situations, the user needs to restore all the deleted e-mails from an updated backup file. But in absence of a valid backup file, the user needs to search for a third-party Deleted Email Recovery software that can recover all your deleted e-mails.

To illustrate the above problem, consider a practical scenario where you receive an e-mail with attachment. You download the attachment and save it in your system. However, now when you reply to any mail saved in your MS Outlook, then that e-mail gets automatically deleted. The same happens when you forward an e-mail. In addition, the deleted e-mail(s) are also not visible in the ‘Deleted Items’ folder.

Cause:

The root cause for the deletion of e-mails is fatal virus attack. The attachment that you downloaded contained a deadly virus that is deleting the e-mails.

Resolution:

To resolve the above problem, scan your system with a good anti-virus software. However, to access the deleted e-mails, follow the below steps:

1. Restore the e-mails from an updated backup.

2. In case of backup unavailability, recover the e-mails by using a commercial Deleted Email Recovery software.

Such recovery tools perform Deleted Mail Recovery by using high-end recovery algorithms. The recovered e-mails can be restored at default or new location. These tools come with deleted emails for even password-protected files. Such utilities do not modify the original PST file, making the recovery process absolutely safe.

Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery( www.recover-deleted-email.net is a recovery tool that assures complete recovery of deleted e-mails, calendar entries, contacts, and all MS Outlook components. Compatible with MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000, the Deleted Mail Recovery tool restores data as .eml, .msg, or .pst file. The software is designed for Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000 operating systems.

Microsoft Outlook contacts can be synced with your iPhone device using iTunes application. At each sync, changes performed to iPhone stored contacts are reflected in corresponding contacts of Outlook and vice-versa. But there have been several instances in which Outlook users have lost their important contacts after syncing with iPhone (one of the them is described later). Such circumstances necessitate that Outlook users should have a valid backup to restore the deleted contacts or else, they should opt for a Deleted Email Recovery utility.

One of the typical examples of contact deletion from Outlook is as follows. An Outlook user observes that some of its Outlook contacts are appearing with incorrect information. So, in order to make required corrections, he/she decides to delete them from Outlook and get them re-written by syncing Outlook with an iPhone device, while considering that the deleted contacts still exist on iPhone.

Next, when the user tries to sync between Outlook and iPhone for contacts, the operation doesn’t work as expected. This time, all the contacts from iPhone and Outlook get deleted for no apparent reason. This occurs even when all the options of advanced section were disabled.

Such scenarios can bring undesired data loss problems to an Outlook user.

Solution

To isolate the above and similar problems, one needs to consider the following possible solutions:

You can check the deleted contacts in ‘Deleted Items’ folder. The folder stores deleted Outlook items until you intentionally remove them or empty the folder.
In case, the ‘Deleted Items’ folder doesn’t contain the items (because of some settings or emptying the folder), you need to access a backup of contacts to restore them.
If none of the above methods works, a Deleted Mail Recovery application can be of great help.

A Deleted Email Recovery tool can scan and restore all deleted contacts, e-mails, and other objects that are stored in Outlook’s data files- PST. These utilities are user-friendly and safe. In addition, you can use these products in any case of accidental or intentional deletion of PST file objects from Outlook.

Stellar Phoenix Deleted Email Recovery( www.recover-deleted-email.net is high-end utility that recovers deleted Outlook PST objects, including contacts, e-mails, notes, calendars etc. This Deleted Mail Recovery application supports MS Outlook 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000, the software incorporates safe scanning algorithms plus an easy-to-operate user interface.

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