Hi Neil
When you say most of your email, is it just your inbox or is it random bits and bobs? Did you maybe delete something by mistake?
I seem to remember a few years back, a school i worked in had this kinda issue but the inbox went walkabouts. Turns out when the inbox would reach a certain size it would create a new inbox.bdx file, Not saying this is what's happened but it's a possibility. Just check in the outlook folder(c:\prog files\outlook etc.) and see if you have 2 inbox.dbx files maybe one with a inbox.db~ or something. Anyhoo you would see a considerable size difference between them. (do a search)
If you have deleted these items you can maybe get some kind of recovery tool. Only issue here is the more mail or files you add onto the system the more likely they are to get overwritten, so be careful!
Outlook includes a feature called "auto archive" which will automatically move mail items older than a certain amount to an archive folder. Select the Tools menu, Options, Other, AutoArchive and check the settings displayed.
I would get a web based mail provider, hotmail or google mail small examples. At least this way the mail is stored on a server instead of your £40.00 hard drive!
GL
Few things to look at Neil
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