How do I back-up my data files to a CD?

L

LLark

I cannot fine a back-up , and Help told me I had to download a backup tool.
Is this necessary or can I do it another way? I am using Microsoft XP Outlook
2003.
 
J

Jean

I don't know if this is the same subject or not. I want to burn my email
messges that I have stored in folders I created in the Outlook Inbox. I
can't find the messages on the hard drive. I'm changing out computers and
don't want to loose this data. I am running Windows ME and using Outlook
2000. This is my first attempt and news groups. Sorry if it isn't right.
 
B

Brian Tillman

Jean said:
I don't know if this is the same subject or not. I want to burn my
email messges that I have stored in folders I created in the Outlook
Inbox. I can't find the messages on the hard drive.
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All Outlook items (i.e., mail messages, appointments, tasks, contacts, etc.)
are stored in a single file with type ".pst".
I'm changing
out computers and don't want to loose this data. I am running Windows
ME and using Outlook 2000. This is my first attempt and news groups.
Sorry if it isn't right.
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It's usual location on a Windows XP system is %UserProfile%\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook, which is a hidden folder. On
Windows ME, it may be in %WinDir%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook, but I
don't have a Windows ME system to check. Just search your hard drive for
*.pst. When you find that file (or files, since you can have more than
one), with Outlook closed, save it to a CD, if you can. Once you have the
new machine set up and Outlook configured on it, you can copy the PST(s)
back to your hard drive, remove the read-only attribute, and open it in
Outlook with File>Open>Outlook Data File. See
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
 
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