Can i back up all my e-mails to CD?

B

Brannek

Just wondering if there is a way to backup all my e-mails
to disc? They're all in my outlook inbox, and i would
like to keep them after i format today.

THanks
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Yep, close Outlook and burn the pst-file to a CD. When you want to access it
again copy it back to your harddisk and remove the "Read Only" file property

To access your pst-file on the new computer;
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

To set it as the default delivery location;
Tools-> E-mail Accounts...-> button Next-> use the dropdownlist below

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1
 
G

Guest

I'm not sure where to find the pst file. I did a search
for "*.pst" and nothing came up. Perhaps/most likely i'm
doing something wrong?
-----Original Message-----
Yep, close Outlook and burn the pst-file to a CD. When you want to access it
again copy it back to your harddisk and remove the "Read Only" file property

To access your pst-file on the new computer;
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

To set it as the default delivery location;
Tools-> E-mail Accounts...-> button Next-> use the dropdownlist below

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Just wondering if there is a way to backup all my e- mails
to disc? They're all in my outlook inbox, and i would
like to keep them after i format today.

THanks
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B

Brian Tillman

I'm not sure where to find the pst file. I did a search
for "*.pst" and nothing came up. Perhaps/most likely i'm
doing something wrong?
Click to expand...

It's usually in a hidden folder. Enable searching in hidden folders. The
PST is usually in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook.
 
G

Gordon

If i have the files with a "dbx" extension, would that
work?
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If you have dbx files, then you have Outlook EXPRESS, not Outlook.
This newsgroup is for support of Outlook

97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook

Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.



For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as

microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or

an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're

accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support

Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer

to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to

your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that

version number. Good luck!
 
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