Recovering Outlook 2003 after a complete reformat

[Tom-fcsnc.com]

I still have many PC customers using Windows XP and Office 2003 (using
Outlook). From time to time, when a computer is three to four years old, the
only way to restore the computer to "like-new" operating condition is to
reformat the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch.

Of course, I take a complete image of the entire system before reformatting.

Can anyone provide (or has anyone provided) a complete list of the files and
procedures necessary to back up and restore all Outlook settings (mail
accounts, contacts, archive folders, current personal folders, signatures,
stationery, and settings so that the Outlook 2003 that my customer sees after
a reformat/reinstall at least resembles his/her Outlook 2003 environment
prior to the reformat/reinstall, without the loss of any critical settings or
data?

 

[Tom-fcsnc.com]

I know that mail, attachments, contacts, and calendar are all in the main
..pst file. Signatures appear to be in <appdata> somewhere. I'm guessing
that email account data is in the registry ... of course one main reason I
reformat/reinstall is to get rid of the registry and the myriad problems
usually resident there.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
Outlook & Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
Backup and Restore
http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm
To move a Personal Folders .pst file
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx
Reconnect your old Outlook data file

Hal
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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The profile is stored in the registry. While you can export it, we recommend
making it fresh from scratch to avoid corruption.

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[Tom-fcsnc.com]

Thanks, Hal & Diane!

The slipstick site is wonderful.
- Tom

 

[Wyatt]

Does my calander and appointments back up also?

 

[DL]

If you backed up the outlook data file, all data is backed up.
How you recover said data depends depends how or with what you backed up,
and to where

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Does my calander and appointments back up also?

Your PST contains all of your Outlook folders: Calendar, Contacts, Inbox,
Outbox, Journal, Tasks, Notes, etc.