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[goodcow]

As per this thread earlier today, Outlook crashed during a cleanup session, and with it, wiped six months of E-Mails. http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=58166

The E-Mails, however, are still saved, at least for the most part, via Google Desktop Search.

So, I need to know if there's a way to move all the Inbox archives from Google, from 2/05 thru 8/05, back into Outlook's mail folder.

Also, do I keep Google Desktop Search running in the background until I potentially get this solved? Or close it? My worry is that now that the E-Mails are gone from the Outlook database file, Google Desktop Search might update itself as well, and remove them from its cache.

Any insight would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[Lhadatt]

Hrm. No idea on re-integrating them.

Have you checked for the Outlook .pst file? It's usually in \Documents and Settings\your account name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\<something>.pst . You can load it by opening File > Open > Outlook Data File in Outlook.

The other solution is to ditch Outlook altogether.

 

[goodcow]

I guess I should've been more specific, I was using Outlook Express. As such, I have no .pst file, nor do I even know what that file does.

My E-Mail is stored in, "M:\Outlook E-Mail"

 

[Lhadatt]

Then I really have no idea. I don't use Outlook Express, and my personal policy is to not support it.

Thus, I am honor-bound to suggest Thunderbird, coupled with an IMAP account with unlimited storage, located on a server with a good backup policy.