saving contacts to reuse after a reformat

[Fred Parkinson]

I need to reformat my hard drive. I'm using Win 98 SE and
Outlook 2000. I need to save my contacts, burn them to a
cd, and then put them back into Outlook after the
reformat and reinstalation.

I tried to export the contacts last time and when I
imported them, I lost data. I think I had all the names,
but a lot, if not all, of the email addresses weren't
there. I'm not sure if I exported the address book only
or not. I just want to make sure than when I put them
back into Outlook that I will have all the data.

Your help is appreciated.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Stop exporting and importing. You'll lose data.
Simply save and reuse your Outlook Data File.
The file you need to back up is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm