On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 12:20 +0100, Dan Attwood wrote: > are you sure the exchange database (.mdb) is being held on the C: > drive? good point. I will have to check it out. Should a defrag be necessary to free up space after deleting emails from inboxes in outlook? If its not necessary, then it would suggest the .mdb is on a different drive.