I performed a clean reistall of windows XP and lost my address book and emails. I didn't realize, that unlike most other email systems, that Outlook Express was actually located on my computer. Is there a way to recover those emails or did I just learn a lesson? 1 person needs an answerI do too

I performed a clean reistall of windows XP and lost my address book and emails. I didn't realize, that unlike most other email systems, that Outlook Express was actually located on my computer. Is there a way to recover those emails or did I just learn a lesson?Outlook Express is a Desktop client and all e-mail clients remove messages from the server if it is a POP3 account and unless you select the option to Leave a copy of messages on the server which was available to you. Is this a POP3 account?If this is a POP3 account, you are probably SOL, but before you give up, give this tool a try. It may find messages, and it is free, so no harm to try.Recuvahttp://www.piriform.com/recuvaBruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:59:20 +0000, Rich 7 wrote:I performed a clean reistall of windows XP and lost my address book and emails. I didn't realize, that unlike most other email systems, that Outlook Express was actually located on my computer.Outlook Express is a program. Whether you use it or any other emailprogram, it's located on your computer.I'm not sure I know what you mean by "email systems," but the onlykind of e-mail that's not a program and is not located on yourcomputer is one that you access through a web browser.Is there a way to recover those emails or did I just learn a lesson? Unless you have a backup (which you always should have) you arealmost certainly out of luck. But you can try what Bruce Hagensuggests; it's unlikely to help, but there's no reason not to try.Ken Blake (MS MVP)