Last time we discussed backing up and the importance of backing up. Unfortunately most people still don’t backup anywhere near as often as they should, while some don’t backup at all.
Alright, so when everything comes crashing down, the first thing 99% of users want to recover, is their email. Today we will look at a quick and dirty backup for your Outlook mail. See the previous post if you want to backup Outlook Express mail.
Note: The procedure to backup mail in Outlook is the same concept in Outlook 2002, 2003 and 2007, but it may vary slightly in the menu options and location of buttons etc. The files you want to backup are your .pst files. You can access these through Windows explorer, but generally its easier to find them via Outlook.
Backup Outlook 2007 Mail
1) Fire up Outlook 2007
2) Goto File -> Data File Management
3) You will now see a window with all of your data files and their location
4) Click on a data file that you want to backup and then click Open Folder. This will open the location in Windows Explorer. You can now copy the .pst file and backup to another drive/cd/dvd etc.
5) If you have multiple data files, repeat the process above for each file that you want backed up.
That was pretty simple. Now if your hard drive crashes, you don’t have to worry about losing all of that valuable email. Just be sure to backup on a regular basis.
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