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Location of Outlook inbox and address book in XP...

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cohenfive

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sorry for the newbie question but i need to back up my dying (3rd time now) compaq pc and would like to backup the email inbox and address book for outlook. microsoft makes it very difficult for a moderate user like me to find exactly where these folders are so i can back them up onto my external hard drive. i need to do this before the pc dies again...

thanks for the help!!

now if i could only get compaq to replace the darn pc....they've already replaced the mb and cpu twice under warranty and i think they're going to have to do it again...

richard cohen
 
Microsoft doesn't "make it very difficult." The office assistant can hold your hand through exporting any of your outlook items to a pst. Go to File>Import & Export>Export to a file>Personal Folder File...I think you can take it from there.
 
thanks, i've been using the usual route of looking for a specific folder within outlook and have had problems finding these. sorry for the criticism of ms, i should be critical of myself i guess...

i've used this function when i migrated pc's, thanks for the advice.
 
You can also find the whole pst in \Documents and Settings\*username*\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook, but the export utility is just easier.
 
The backup utility is more work than it is worth.

Whats more, when you try to restore it, it creates a second inbox and duplicates all folders rather than putting the mail etc. back into your main folders.

Just run a search for your *.pst file and back it up.
 
Originally posted by: Bglad
The backup utility is more work than it is worth.

Whats more, when you try to restore it, it creates a second inbox and duplicates all folders rather than putting the mail etc. back into your main folders.

Just run a search for your *.pst file and back it up.
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You definitely did something wrong if the import utility created multiple folders. Like imported a pst to Personal Folders instead of a Mailbox on an Exchange server setup. And I already told him where he could find his personal folders.
 
File and settings transfer wizard=da bomb for WinXP users....makes backing up very easy, including emails, etc. Not sure with non MS stuff, as it never gets my opera setting =/
 
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