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I recently began using Outlook 2003 on a new Windows 7 Home Premium
Computer. I successfully imported my emails and contacts from an
older Windows XP computer.
I want to have my Outlook data store – the .PST file set up for
automatic backup using the “Second Copy” program. I want to tell the
backup program which file(s) and where.
On the Mail page of Outlook, I used the click sequence
Rt Click Personal Folders
Properties
Advanced
The resulting file name is:
C:\Users\PT\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst
But in c:\Users\PT\MyDocuments, there’s another file, PT.PST
I never created this file. The name “PT” is the Windows 7 name of my
computer, and seems to have been picked up automatically.
The two files have the same date and time stamp, but are not identical
size. In particular, the first file is ~61KB, and the second is ~81
KB.
So, my questions are:
Why two files?
Why the different size?
Which should be backed up?
Computer. I successfully imported my emails and contacts from an
older Windows XP computer.
I want to have my Outlook data store – the .PST file set up for
automatic backup using the “Second Copy” program. I want to tell the
backup program which file(s) and where.
On the Mail page of Outlook, I used the click sequence
Rt Click Personal Folders
Properties
Advanced
The resulting file name is:
C:\Users\PT\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst
But in c:\Users\PT\MyDocuments, there’s another file, PT.PST
I never created this file. The name “PT” is the Windows 7 name of my
computer, and seems to have been picked up automatically.
The two files have the same date and time stamp, but are not identical
size. In particular, the first file is ~61KB, and the second is ~81
KB.
So, my questions are:
Why two files?
Why the different size?
Which should be backed up?