need help with system restore

[janetg]

hi there...

accidentally deleted a folder in my outlook file - would a system restore point help with this?

thanks for any replies...

[bondarnes]

Originally Posted by janetg

hi there...

accidentally deleted a folder in my outlook file - would a system restore point help with this?

thanks for any replies...

Only if you haven't emptied your trash bin. Tell me it wasn't your .pst folder.

[janetg]

no - it was a folder IN my outlook file - not the pst file itself...

[bondarnes]

If it's still in your trash bin you can restore it from there

[janetg]

i don't see it there....

i guess i'm out of luck?

[Hogleg 44]

You might try the system restore. It might get it back.
Have you ever 'backed up' your Outlook files? If so, It should be in the backup.

[Hogleg 44]

This may not help Janet out in this instance, but here's something every Outlook user should have!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238782

[janetg]

thanks everyone - how this happened, is i had a folder - janet's business emails...

which sat right next to the junk folder - since they were both j's...
evidently i deleted it by accident - (i was really tired yesterday)

i do backup the outlook folder - but not as regularly as i should obviously. i was just hoping that before i emptied the recycle bin, or did something else, it would be easy enough to get this file back...i guess not.

i actually have the same pst file on my laptop, so i can use that to restore with losing a little data - but not all!

thanks for all of your replies

[Hogleg 44]

Originally Posted by janetg

i do backup the outlook folder - but not as regularly as i should obviously.

That MS download I pointed to will do this automatically, at whatever interval you set it to run. I have been using it for about two years and have it set to BU every other day. If I had a lot of business mail, I would set it to run more often than that. When it is set to run, it asks permission first, then overwrites the last BU.

[RobTesnear]

Janet,
I use Mozilla (Netscape) which is not webmail so it is on my local drive just like Outlook is on yours. If I delete a folder its only becomes a folder under the 'Trash' folder. You might check there also. Maybe Outlook and Netscape are similar in this respect.

Best of luck and hope this helps,

[Cope]

If you are running XP, a system restore to before the accident should do the trick. I would rename the folder. I accidentally delete my junk mail foder regularly, so I feel your pain.

[David Whatley]

How often do you remove mail from the server? I NEVER" remove mine. Yes I have 3 GB's of mail. But I do have it. If you had any attahments in the folder and you can remember what type they were, like a .doc or an excel file, and the name, try doing a search for that name and type. Never can tell.