backing up my Outlook data

[Jeff D]

General question here:
I want to backup my Outlook 2000 data using backup
software, especially my address book, email folders,
notes, tasks and appointments. Is the file I want to
backup called
C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst ?
I have noticed this file is 149mb and it is constantly
being modified, so I thought it must be where everything
is stored.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Jeff D asked:

| General question here:
| I want to backup my Outlook 2000 data using backup
| software, especially my address book, email folders,
| notes, tasks and appointments. Is the file I want to
| backup called
| C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Application
| Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst ?
| I have noticed this file is 149mb and it is constantly
| being modified, so I thought it must be where everything
| is stored.

 

[Jeff D]

Thanks Milly!

Jeff

 

[Jeff D]

Would I be able to use this same outlook.pst file on a
WinXP computer if I had a drive failure on this Win98
machine and just bought a new computer? I have Outlook
2000 now on the Win98 machine.
Jeff

 

[Nicholas Coday]

You can import the information from the PST files into most versions of
Outlook.

--NJC


Would I be able to use this same outlook.pst file on a
WinXP computer if I had a drive failure on this Win98
machine and just bought a new computer? I have Outlook
2000 now on the Win98 machine.
Jeff

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

NEVER import a .pst file unless you want to ensure data loss. Use
File->Open->Outlook Data File (or Personal Folders File).

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Nicholas Coday asked:

| You can import the information from the PST files into most versions
| of Outlook.
|
| --NJC
|
|
| | Would I be able to use this same outlook.pst file on a
| WinXP computer if I had a drive failure on this Win98
| machine and just bought a new computer? I have Outlook
| 2000 now on the Win98 machine.
| Jeff
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| Yes.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion
| intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent
| to my personal
|| account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Jeff D asked:
||
||| General question here:
||| I want to backup my Outlook 2000 data using backup
||| software, especially my address book, email folders,
||| notes, tasks and appointments. Is the file I want to
||| backup called
||| C:\WINDOWS\Local Settings\Application
||| Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst ?
||| I have noticed this file is 149mb and it is constantly
||| being modified, so I thought it must be where everything
||| is stored.
||
||
|| .