A 15" flat panel iMac Panther 10.3.8 was closed down normally and on boot up the next morning the desk top had changed back to the default settings i.e. Dock had moved from the side to the bottom and changed to full size, Icons in the side bar had all changed to plain folders, desk top picture had disappeared and the Address Book and Mail account had all zeroed -- no addresses, messages or mail boxes. All other data and software was still intact.

DiskWorrier restored all icons except for Home and did nothing for the Mail situation. Is there any particular explanation for this happening?

I reinstated the mail account OK, and I can see the mail boxes in the Home Library but have been unable to recover them using Mailbox Rebuild, I presume the messages are still in them nor can I recover the addresses.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Adrian