Outlook attachment backups

[David White]

I am using Outlook 2002. The last time I backed up my outlook file so that I
could reformat my hard drive, when I reinstalled it, I had all of the old
messages, but none of the attachments. Is there a way that I can be sure to
keep the attachments from these messages without having to save each one
individually?

Thanks for any help on this

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

If you back up the .PST file, all attachments should be retained, since
Outlook saves attachments within the .PST file by default. If you remove
the attachments from a message manually or use a 3rd party attachment to do
so, then they will no longer reside in the .PST file. Make sure you simply
re-use the .PST file in Outlook rather than importing from it.

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MVP - Outlook

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[David White]

Thanks so much. I thought this is what I did last time, but I may well have
imported the .pst file rather than using it as the default file when I
re-installed.