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Inbox open email listing but emails are invisible / can't duplicate inbox file

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Rogers6611
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Hi ;) After a hard drive failure and a lost sector, i can't copy, repair the inbox file (4.43 Gb) but i can open thunderbird, see the title of all the emails. I can't see the emails themselves or either the attached documents. I tried to rebuild database but no result, the old drive still alive but i ve made a magnetic copy of the disk to a new one. It work but no way to repair the inbox file, still same problem. Can you help me ? Best Regards Roger

Hi ;) After a hard drive failure and a lost sector, i can't copy, repair the inbox file (4.43 Gb) but i can open thunderbird, see the title of all the emails. I can't see the emails themselves or either the attached documents. I tried to rebuild database but no result, the old drive still alive but i ve made a magnetic copy of the disk to a new one. It work but no way to repair the inbox file, still same problem. Can you help me ? Best Regards Roger

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Matt
Matt
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Try opening the inbox file in notepad++ can it open it or is the file damaged?

Rogers6611
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Hello, The file cannot be opened with notepad++ but i tried with Ultra Edit and the app open it with a error message : An Input/output error have been reported during accessing of the inbox file.

I can see the start of the file but the app don't leave me access to type anything. Seem blocked...

Toad-Hall
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Sorry - ignore posting info.

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