- Outlook Express Recovery
Disk Doctors Email Recovery (.dbx) software is a tool designed for recovering accidentally deleted Outlook Express email messages from any "dbx / mbx" archive or to repair damaged *.dbx files where Outlook Express stores folders containing email messages. This procedure is often referred to as DBX recovery.
Microsoft Outlook Express - Overview
Outlook Express is a somewhat different application Microsoft Office Outlook email client. It is a simplified version of Outlook and as such is offered free bundled with Internet Explorer. Outlook proper comes as part of the Microsoft Office suite for Windows. Outlook uses .pst files. Express generally uses .dbx files for storing emails.
Outlook Express stores its email messages in different formats depending on the version.
1. Outlook Express v 4, which shipped with Windows 98, stored messages in *.mbx files.
2. Outlook Express v 5, which shipped with Windows 98SE, switched to *.dbx files, with a separate file for each mailbox folder.
3. Outlook Express v 5.50 shipped with Windows 2000
4. Outlook Express v 5.5 shipped with Windows Me
5. Outlook Express v 6, which is included with Windows XP, also stores messages in *.dbx files.
As with all storage file systems they are especially prone to file loss and data corruption. This is due to several potential factors. These files are compacted and then reopened often. Anti-virus programs scan mail files. (These can alter file structure.)
Recovery Capabilities
Disk Doctors Email Recovery Software repairs damaged *.dbx files and recovers *.eml files in the selected destination folder as an output once the recovery process is over, which simply can be imported by drag and drop function to a new folder in Outlook Express.
Simple to use for fast email recovery
Disk Doctors Outlook Express Email Recovery Software is accompanied by an on-screen "wizard"; which guides you through the dbx recovery of lost emails from "dbx" & "mbx" files step by step. When all is accomplished you will receive all the recovered emails or repaired Outlook folder.
Disk Doctors Outlook Express Email Recovery (.dbx) recovers emails after:
1. File corruption due to “Compact File or Compact All Folders” option usage.
2. Antivirus trying to scan incoming & outgoing emails sometime causing data corruption to *.dbx files.
3. Huge numbers of outlook express emails in the Inbox or Sent Folders file sometime causing data corruption to the respective .dbx files.
4. Accidental deletion of email or permanent deletion of emails from deleted items folders in Outlook Express.


