Reformatting hard drive and want to save messages

[mag]

I need to reformat my hard drive and want to save my outlook messages to an
external drive somehow so I can get them back afterwards. I can't figure out
from the help how to do this, and any assistance will be much appreciated.

I'm using Outlook 2002, XPPro with SP3.

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Maggie

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I need to reformat my hard drive and want to save my outlook messages to an
external drive somehow so I can get them back afterwards. I can't figure out
from the help how to do this, and any assistance will be much appreciated.

Copy your PST while Outlook's closed.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

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[mag]

Thanks. Sorry about the multiposting, I didn't know.

Maggie