Hi Herb It's more a matter of never checking the file system for errors than the type (NTFS or FAT32) in my experience. (if you want to do it now: --> Start --> run --> (chkdsk c: /f) say "y"es, do it after a restart under NT/W2K/XP) and that Outlook Express starts corrupting its DBX if the file size gets too big (over 512MB for ex.)or in case of (missing) memory leaks.
Users should often delete old mails and attachments and compress the folders in Outlook Express (Menu File) after that and of course backup the DBX and the WAB files. Older Norton and other antivirus software tries to delete/repair email embedded viruses/worms and sometimes kills oder blocks the complete email database during that process. Most people do not know exactly where their Email programm and others store data files and how they are named. Even worse: every Windows version and different Outlook versions handle it differently. When you use your computer alone or with others (several profiles) or networked its getting even more complicated. Usually I define backup jobs with all the data with NTBACKUP for my clients and additional jobs for important data files in SECONDCOPY as background process and have a list for them with important directories and file names to safe. Since NTBACKUP compresses data and can also safe the **Windows registry in use**, it's a good way to use it for backup on CD/DVD/HD too. greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:58 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: MX OUtlook Express Question >> >> >>are you running Windows 2K, XP, or some other version of Windows >>and was OE >>running when the system crashed? NTFS is very resistant to problems like >>this. if you are running a version of Windows that supports it, >>NTFS is more >>reliable than FAT32, although a touch slower sometimes. that's not to say >>that NTFS is able to deal with all likely situations, but it is >>better. an >>external USB/Firewire hard drive and something like Norton Ghost >>is a pretty >>cheap way to defend against things like this. i've been using >>redundant sets >>of external hard drives for backup for a few years now and i don't regret >>the move to them. they are cheaper than tapes if you factor in a speedy >>enough drive to make it worthwhile. since i moved to a 1.2 >>terabyte RAID 5 >>drive array, i have been copying all my CDs and DVDs back onto >>the array and >>throwing them out. instead, i keep multiple external hard drives >>backing up >>the array. burning multiple CDs and DVDs is cheaper, but much >>more hassle to >>organize physically. i have only about 200G of CDs and DVDs >>though, so that >>makes it easier. >> >>Herb... >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:29 PM >>Subject: Re: MX OUtlook Express Question >> >> >>> Good question on underlying problems. I've been burning a bunch >>of DVD's >>> these last few days and last night I left the system on while >>ThumbsPlus >>> cataloged a new DVD. When I got up this morning the system was off and >>> would not turn on. I unplugged it, plugged it back in, and it >>started. I >>> assumed it had over heated (the motherboard is designed to shut down if >>> there is an overheat problem) and the usual cause of >>overheating is dust >>> clogging the heat sink. So once it was up and running and seemed OK, I >>> shut down again and used some canned air to blow out the heatsink. >> >> >>
