Backup and restore

[Bigguy]

I must say that MS could have done a much better job of create a backup
and restore utility than they did. I downloaded the utility off there
web site, it installed, but doesn't work. Everytime I click file then
'backup' it says 'none' under last backup.

Can someone tell me a sure fire way to protect my data or transfer it to
another computer that works???


TIA

 

[Guest]

Don't feel bad. I just installed it and it is telling me
I have no personal folders open. Yeah, right!

Anyone have any ideas???

Thanks,
PJ.

 

[Nicholas Coday]

I got a sure fire way, created a shortcut to the PST files in my root
directory. Once a week, click on the shortcut, and "rar" the files into a
backup folder that is backed up to a DVD once a week.

--Nicholas

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Many people use a batch file to make copies - in any event, either method is
often less problematic than using the backup utility that MS provides.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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[Bigguy]

I agree, however, I have 2 machines both have Outlook 2000. The .pst
file I found is in the following location. outlook.pst

Is this the file? Do I just copy paste it to say Nero and burn it?

Also, I have heard that Outlook can big a real 'pig' on memory. Is this
true? I know every backup file size depends on the size of the database,
but how many contacts have to be entered before you're into say a 30meg
back up.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

that should be the file to backup... yes, burn it to a cd after closing
outlook and waiting a few min for outlook to completely close.

I'm not sure how many contacts total 30 megs - my pst is up around 200 megs.
Any more than about 5000 contacts and it's slower accessing them...

outlook is a pig, but most of it is just the program, it's not caused by the
pst size - besides, 30 megs is a small pst.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)


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