saving all outlook e-mails and contacts

[ohiovulcan]

I am getting ready to format my hard drive and want to save all my contacts
and all my saved e-mail so I can have them when I reinstall MS Office 2003.
How do I do this.
Thanks

 

[Gordon]

I am getting ready to format my hard drive and want to save all my
contacts
and all my saved e-mail so I can have them when I reinstall MS Office
2003.
How do I do this.
Thanks

How to backup and restore Outlook

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

There is out-dated information on some of these pages, specifically with
regard to Outlook 2003 and 2007.

The main points to note:
1. Do NOT use the import/export function to move Outlook data from one
version to another - all you need to do is to copy the pst file, with
Outlook closed.

2. Do NOT paste the copied pst file into the default location - paste into
(for example) your Documents folder and then do File-Open-Outlook Data File
within Outlook.