I am replacing my current 40 gig drive with a 120 Gig drive. I have office 2003, and I basically want to back up everything,(addresses, emails, settings, etc), and be able to easily load it onto outlook 2003 when I put it on the clean drive.
Are there any wizards, like there are for Outlook Express? I have found the folder backup from Microsoft, but I want to save EVERYTHING. (or as much as possible.)
I am aiming to finish this all within the next 48 hours...
Full Version: Outlook 2003, backing up
Do this. Copy all the files from your installation directory.
(Whatever your drive is) X:\Documents and Settings\(Username)\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.*
Username - It can be whatever you created.
Copy all .pst files and .dat files from here to wherever you want. When you reinstall Outlook, copy these files back to the same place/directory.
(Whatever your drive is) X:\Documents and Settings\(Username)\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\*.*
Username - It can be whatever you created.
Copy all .pst files and .dat files from here to wherever you want. When you reinstall Outlook, copy these files back to the same place/directory.
There is a "Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard" that should probably do what you want. Haven't tried it myself, so I am not sure what exactly it backs up, probably pretty much everything you need settings wise. And to backup your email you should backup the followind directory:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook like Big POPPA already mentioned.
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook like Big POPPA already mentioned.
Make it a habit to use your PST file in My Documents. No more backing up problems will rise. =)
All the above way's work.
But, if you open outlook, goto file -- import/export -- Export to a file -- select .PST -- select location it'll work just as well.
Remember to select EVERYTHING when it asks what to backup.
And if you have a lot of stuff, be prepared for a nice large file...
But, if you open outlook, goto file -- import/export -- Export to a file -- select .PST -- select location it'll work just as well.
Remember to select EVERYTHING when it asks what to backup.
And if you have a lot of stuff, be prepared for a nice large file...
QUOTE(|the sys admin| @ Nov 19 2003, 09:06)
All the above way's work.
But, if you open outlook, goto file -- import/export -- Export to a file -- select .PST -- select location it'll work just as well.
Remember to select EVERYTHING when it asks what to backup.
And if you have a lot of stuff, be prepared for a nice large file...
But, if you open outlook, goto file -- import/export -- Export to a file -- select .PST -- select location it'll work just as well.
Remember to select EVERYTHING when it asks what to backup.
And if you have a lot of stuff, be prepared for a nice large file...
Yes Indeed!
The size of my .pst file is almost around 150 megs, about 2 years of backup!
QUOTE(Big POPPA Pump @ Nov 19 2003, 07:32)
QUOTE(|the sys admin| @ Nov 19 2003, 09:06)
All the above way's work.
But, if you open outlook, goto file -- import/export -- Export to a file -- select .PST -- select location it'll work just as well.
Remember to select EVERYTHING when it asks what to backup.
And if you have a lot of stuff, be prepared for a nice large file...
But, if you open outlook, goto file -- import/export -- Export to a file -- select .PST -- select location it'll work just as well.
Remember to select EVERYTHING when it asks what to backup.
And if you have a lot of stuff, be prepared for a nice large file...
Yes Indeed!
The size of my .pst file is almost around 150 megs, about 2 years of backup!
Got ya beat - my PST folder is almost 500 megs - 3 years worth. Of course, I move things off every month into archive PSTs so Outlook doesn't bog down, but I keep everything in case I need it later.
A nifty fact: running file compression on your PST folder will gain you 1/3 if the space back. They compress suprisingly well for database files.
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