E-mails disappeared while trying to import from Outlook Express

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Confused

I reached the capactity for Outlook Express (about 2 gigs
worth of files in my inbox). When I tried to switch to
Outlook, I went to import my inbox from Express. The
import never completed and it crashed my computer.
However, when I went back to Express, all those files in
my inbox were gone. Express was still operating as if
they were there (as if I was still at capacity), but I
can't see them or find them.

Can anyone help me figure out where they went or how to
recover them?
 
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Brian Tillman

Confused said:
I reached the capactity for Outlook Express (about 2 gigs
worth of files in my inbox). When I tried to switch to
Outlook, I went to import my inbox from Express.
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I don't recall ever reading that Outlook Express has a limit like that.
However, depending on your version of Outlook, 2 Gb may be your limit there.
OL 2003 can handle more in a single folder file, but prior versions can't.
Of course, you can always have more than one folder file.
 
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COnfused

Thank you, however that doesn't quite answer my question:
Is there a way to recover those files that diappeared?
 
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Brian Tillman

COnfused said:
Thank you, however that doesn't quite answer my question:
Is there a way to recover those files that diappeared?
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They should still be in Outlook Express. Importing (or, more properly,
exporting to Outlook from OE) mesages into Outlook does not remove them from
the source message store.
 
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