In case of crash, how to backup...

[Jumpem]

What's the simplest way to backup the address book and e-mails in Outlook Express? Also, how would you copy the "favorites" list in IE 5 or 5.5? Thanks for the help guys!

 

[Jonny]

For Outlook, search for where your folders are saved, and just take that who folder (Outlook Express) and save it somewhere.

 

[fkloster]

Buy WinME and use disk restore feature...NOT!! (hehe?) Alright, alright I'll go back to sleep...

 

[GTaudiophile]

In MS Outlook, you can go to File>Import/Export and export all your contact info, calendar info, and messages to a .pst file.

To back up your Favorites, simply go to C:\Windows and copy the Favorites folder.

 

[Jumpem]

Thanks everyone, I've got my "favorites" list and the address book saved. However when trying to export my messages it states that it will export them to Outlook or Exchange. I don't have either of those. Any other ideas would be appreciated?

EDIT: Would *.dbx files contain my messages? I found several of them buried in windows.

 

[Jonny]

Yepper, these are the files you want:

Folders.dbx
Inbox.dbx
Offline.dbx
Outbox.dbx
Pop3uidl.dbx
cleanup.log

Just copy the whole "Outlook Express" folder from:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{4CD73EC0-B01A-11D4-B769-F8ADB19F0E33}\Microsoft

When you reinstall, just replace put all these files in that directory.