backup Calendar items using Office 2003 & Vista

[Biko1]

I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my
calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried
going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file (.pst),
calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export
duplicate items".

The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of
text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure
above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size.

It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my
calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do?

 

[Biko1]

Oops, I mean to say in the last paragraph was:

It doesn't appear that the process I am using IS exporting all the data from
my
calendar that I want saved in case of another crash.

 

[Biko1]

Also, I will add that I have tried to locate the .pst file using the
following instructions:

For Windows Vista the default is;
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\

I can't find AppData

This is why I resorted to trying Export which obviously does't work.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my
calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried
going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file
(.pst),
calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export
duplicate items".

The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of
text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure
above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size.

It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my
calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do?

Do not use export attempting to make a backup. Just close Outlook and copy
the PST.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

 

[Biko1]

Brian, I was able to locate the file in AppData by opting to see hidden files
and when I save the .pst file, it was about 1009 KB. However, when I added a
lot of data to the calendar, the .pst file size stayed the same - i.e. it
doesn't seem to be saving the additional data. Yet, when I look at the
calendar file size by clicking on the Personal Folders, Outlook Today bar,
the calendar file size has increased. Why doesn't the size of the .pst file
increase. It appears to the novice, like myself, that the new data is not
being saved in the .pst file. What's going on?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Brian, I was able to locate the file in AppData by opting to see hidden
files
and when I save the .pst file, it was about 1009 KB. However, when I added
a
lot of data to the calendar, the .pst file size stayed the same - i.e. it
doesn't seem to be saving the additional data. Yet, when I look at the
calendar file size by clicking on the Personal Folders, Outlook Today bar,
the calendar file size has increased. Why doesn't the size of the .pst file
increase. It appears to the novice, like myself, that the new data is not
being saved in the .pst file. What's going on?

The PST is a database. Databases, over time, accumulate what's called "white
space". This is space taken by records that have been deleted. The unused
space remains in the file and available for reuse. it is not returned to the
file system except under specific conditions. If you add items to one of
Outlook's folders but the PST doesn't grow, then it;s likely you're reusing
white space.