Is there a simple way to completely backup all items from your Microsoft Outlook to disc, in case of a crash of some sort, and which would allow you to simply migrate them back afterwards?
its all in one file called outlook.pst which is normally hidden. It can be backed onto a cd no worries but must be copied back onto a hard disk before you can open it again . outlook express has 2 files per folder .
Are you sure that you mean Outlook and not Outlook Express? If you do mean Outlook then it may be that all of your email/folders are stored on the Exchange Server so it's more a question of backing up the server!
For w98se .Do a Search or Find using " *.dbx " & copy the folders that you want to back up. Also back up your address book & your mail settings which can be done from within OE using export.You do need a DBX reader if you use this method to read the files and this can be found & downloaded from the internet. I hope this helps.
Thanks to all. Yes, it is MS Outlook on XP.
Regards the exchange server, I have a few. I would just like to have a simple backup done, so that I have saved all that I could normally view offline.
I have built up so much, that losing them would be annoying, and saving one by one is labour heavy and awkward as many have the same name ie. ".....do you want to overwrite,,,"
> Thanks to all. Yes, it is MS Outlook on XP.
> Regards the exchange server, I have a few.
If you are using Outlook with the Internet Mail client the mail will be local on the desktop PC. If you are using Outlook with the Exchange client the mail will be stored on the Exchange Server. This will determine what sort of backup(s) - server and/or client - you need to do. I'm sure that the Microsoft or third party websites have tutorials on this stuff:
there are 2 issues here
1: If you are using Exchange as your mail server then that
exchange mail box should be backed update every night to disk and that backup file archived off the tape/cd etc.
Your system administrator should this
2: If you are using outlook (irrespective of any mail server)
then you can do a backup of your mail (any or all folders)
to a local file on your pc.
Open Outlook
Go to File->Import and Export
Select Export to a file
Select Personal Folder File(.pst)
Select the folders you want to back
Select the destination and away you go
The copying the data files option as other ppl have suggested is not a good idea
I hope this was of some use
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