Why is this so difficult???

[HoosierAdvisor]

I love Outlook 2007 and have used Outlook since the 2002 version.

The one thing that has disappointed me is that I haven't figured out how to
backup, restore, and move the .pst files from one computer to another.

It's so simply it seems, but I don't remember ever doing it right.

Any brilliant ideas? Thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Only simple because we answer this question every day.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

 

[John Mayson]

Only simple because we answer this question every day.
The file you need is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's where all the
mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup or transfer:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/Howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx

Whenever I get a new machine at work the first thing I do is move my .pst
to a more accessable location. One, I find this to be easier but also I
learned the hard way my IT department didn't backup the default location
and I lost my .pst file. :-(

 

[Gordon]

Whenever I get a new machine at work the first thing I do is move my .pst
to a more accessable location. One, I find this to be easier but also I
learned the hard way my IT department didn't backup the default location
and I lost my .pst file. :-(

Err why would the IT dept backup YOUR pst file? Are you not using Exchange
Server?

 

[John Mayson]

Err why would the IT dept backup YOUR pst file? Are you not using Exchange
Server?

This was the 1999-2000 time frame. They backed up My Documents for us,
but nothing else. We had tiny quotas on the Exchange server and they
insisted we download all messages off the server onto our hard drives. So
we had to use it more lil POP3 than Exchange.

As time went on our quotas grew.

John