As Shawn suggested, did you look in the "C:\windows.old" folder?
Gary VanderMolen
"iknowhuh@sbcglobal.net" <iknowhuhsbcglobalnet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Oh man. My messages and folders are gone! I was unable to back anything up
> because I was only able to get on via Safe Mode and of course, you can't run
> a backup in Safe Mode. I was able to save just about all of my files other
> ways though but my mail is GONE! Dang McAfee!
>
> On a more positive note, I did uninstall McAfee & downloaded Avast. I feel
> better already....except for the loss of my email.
>
> Thank you all for the help.
>
>
> "brink" wrote:
>
>>
>> iknowhuh@sbcglobal.net;410183 Wrote:
>> > I was having problems with my video driver so Dell had me to reinstall
>> > my
>> > OS. I noticed my subfolders in Win Mail are all missing along with the
>> > email
>> > messages that were in them.
>> > Is there a way to retrieve those?
>> >
>> > iknowhuh@sbcglobal.net
>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It depends on how you reinstalled the OS. If you did a clean install,
>> then I'm sorry they are gone. If you did a upgrade type install, you
>> might check for a hidden "C:\windows.old" file. You will need to make
>> sure that your have "Show hidden files and folders" dotted and uncheck
>> "Hide Protected OS system files" in Folder Options. If it is there,
>> then navigate to "C:\Users\(your
>> username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders" within
>> that folder. Your messages may still be in there. Use the "To Reset
>> Windows Mail" section as a guide on how to transfer them back into
>> Windows Mail.
>>
>> Windows Mail problems
>>
>> Hope it is still there for you,
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>> --
>> brink
>>
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