Email Data Recovery

When it comes to recover email messages and other related data such as address book with contact information, the prime task for data recovery specialist is to pull out the email files from physically damaged hard drive. After that, all you have to do is to integrate recovered files into newly installed email program. Regardless of the fact that it can be an easy task to your computer technician, you can also do it yourself.
What if your email files are corrupted? For the major business applications like MS Outlook we apply logical recovery, exceptionally for PST and OST files, other than that you can try do-it-yourself all sorts of recovery software.

Examples of Email Files locations:

Windows Live Mail on Windows XP:

Documents and Settings » [User Profile] » Local Settings » Application Data » Microsoft » Windows Live Mail » *.*

Outlook Express Files in Windows XP and Win2000

Documents and Settings » [user name] » Local Settings » Application Data » Identities » Something like {22EC0CF3-81F7-484....} » Microsoft » Outlook Express » Deleted Items.dbx, Drafts.dbx, Folders.dbx, Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx

+ Address Book:

C:\ Documents and Settings \ [user name] \Application Data\

\ Microsoft\Address Book\ *.wab, *.wa~

Outlook Express Files in for Windows NT 4.0

C:\ WINNT \ PROFILES \ [user name] \ Application Data \ Identities \ {OA235......}\ Microsoft \Outlook Express \ *.dbx files

Outlook Express Files in Windows 98 and ME

C:\ Windows \ Application Data \ Identities \ {22EC0CF3-81F7-484.....}\
Microsoft \Outlook Express \ *.dbx files

OE Address Book:
Win9x\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book\ *.wab, *.wa~

Outlook Files in Windows XP and Win2000

C:\ Documents and Settings \ [user name] \
\ Local Settings \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Outlook \ *.pst, *.ost

Mozilla's Mail Client : Profiles Folder Location for Netscape 7.x / Mozilla 1.x / Firefox0.x / Thunderbird0.x

The Mozilla mail files are in the hidden directory
~./ mozilla / default / {a number}.slt / Mail / userFolder.
In each folder, whether it’s Local Folders, or userFolder, there are always two files for each of the mail box types exist, for example, Inbox or Sent. One file has no extension, the other one .msf extension. Only the non-extension file is important, the .msf file can be ignored.
Check for extra information for particular OS below:

Incredimail on Windows XP

All emails are located at:

c:\ Documents and settings \ [User-Profile Name] \ Local Settings \
\ Application Data \Im \ Identities \ {95445.....5465} \

How to Recover Incredimail

1. Install incerdimail
2. Copy address book (.imb) - will be visible in application

You cannot just copy *.imh and * .imm files - it is not going to work. Use the following techinqes:
3. If copy "Deleted items", they became visible in Incredimail application now.
Other ".imh + .imm" rename to "Deleted" and then drag and drop to the desired folder. Do it one-by-one.

Mac Entourage Files

It is very important to know the location of your database, because of your settings: message rules, mailing lists, signatures, messages, data, schedules, contacts, tasks, notes, calendar – they are all located in your database.
Generally, you should look up here:

MAC HDD Partition > users > [MacUserName] > Documents > Microsoft User Data > Identities

More details for particular versions:

Entourage 2004: ~/ Documents/ Microsoft User Data/ Office 2004 Identities/ your identity

Entourage X: ~/ Documents/ Microsoft User Data/ Office X Identities/ your identity

Entourage 2001: <StartUp Disk>: Documents/ Microsoft User Data/ Office 2001 Identities/ your identity