Comments for Can I retrieve a deleted email from three years ago?

Comment from Kevin on 2011-06-17

2011-06-17T19:09:16Z

I accidentally imported all my old emails from years earlier, that I had deleted. I have Outlook Express and under "File" at the top and then "Import" and then "Messages" and then select (I think) Outlook Express 6. It somehow added back in, all my old messages.

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Comment from tammy on 2011-04-26

2011-04-26T11:59:34Z

How do you find a company that you can trust with your personal information?

If the information comes to a work computer and also a laptop(which is a work computer also) does it matter which hard drive you use?

Finally can the hard drive be copied and sent in? Or do you replace the hard drive so that you can continue to use the computer?

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Comment from steve on 2010-09-28

2010-09-28T19:30:19Z

is a email from hotmail deleated permantly after we delete it and it states in a message that they are in fact deleated since we believe we got a virus from one that my child clicked on and reading this I wonder if it is returned since we had toi replce the hard drive according to the tech

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Comment from Bob Maria on 2010-09-03

2010-09-03T11:11:23Z

Although there is a possible solution for email recovery, but the recovery surely depends on your situation. When we delete an email from the folder, it doesn't actually gets deleted, it lies somewhere in the database. the database simply deletes the email from its list of index. Therefore, there lies a blank space that can be filled by the email communication later. If the space of the deleted emails (in your case) has not been filled then the recovery is possible.

Yes, you can try recovering the emails using this software for free. the free version of the software is available so you can try and check whether it works for you or not.

http://www.deletedemails.net

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Comment from Richard on 2007-10-23

2007-10-23T07:36:55Z

Search for "Avira UnErase Personal", it used to be called CIA Unerase (from Datapol). The website says "The private, non-commercial use of Avira UnErase Personal is free." Hope this helps.

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Comment from Ronny on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T19:35:57Z

I back up my computer to CD's and I keep those backups for a long time. What Leo did not mention was that if you also back up your computer and keep the backups, you might can recover the email from the backup.

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Comment from Gord Campbell on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T15:39:45Z

Most people use Outlook Express. When they delete a message, it goes into the "deleted items" folder, where it stays until they buy a new computer. Only geeks go into Deleted Items and clean it up. And only geeks use shift-delete, which truly deletes the message.

So a different answer would be, "if you use Outlook Express, and if you did a simple delete of the message, try going into the Deleted Items folder and looking for the old email."

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Comment from Ron Barker on 2007-10-20

2007-10-20T13:17:28Z

You will find some information re:Computer data recovery principles at:

http://www.wikicrimeline.co.uk/index.php?title=Computer_data_recovery_principles

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Comment from Ken B on 2007-10-19

2007-10-19T13:13:30Z

My e-mail program keeps all of the messages for each folder I create in a single text file. When I delete a message, it simply flags the message's header that it's deleted. Until/unless I compact the folder, the entire e-mail is still there. And, even if I compact that folder, there's still a copy of all deleted e-mails in the "Trash" folder, unless I empty the trash.

I routinely compact the folders and empty the trash, not for "security reasons", but because it recovers the disk space used by them. However, if I didn't do that, then every e-mail I've every received would still be there.

But, as you said, a lot depends on the program you use.

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