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MS Office Forum / Outlook / General MS Outlook Questions / November 2006Backing up Outlook
I need to begin backing up my folders, contacts, etc (basically everything) in Outlook. I found the auto-archive feature...downloaded the .pst tool... did an archive. I can find the file just fine, but even though I downloaded the .pst tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing wrong? Aloha debnett, How are you trying to open it? File | Open | Outlook Data File? -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm > I need to begin backing up my folders, contacts, etc (basically > everything) in Outlook. I found the auto-archive feature...downloaded > the .pst tool... did an archive. > > I can find the file just fine, but even though I downloaded the .pst > tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing wrong? Aloha Ben! Until I read your post, I was simply going to the external hard drive I archived to and double-clicking it. I followed your suggestion below and was able to open it. Now I have another question. I now have an "Archive Folders" with a + next to it. When you click on the + and expand it, I see deleted items, Sent Items, and Search folders. I'm hoping to ALSO archive my calendar and contacts. Can I do this? Thanks. :) > Aloha debnett, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I can find the file just fine, but even though I downloaded the .pst > > tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing wrong? Aloha debnett, Calendar certainly - right-click the calendar folder, go to Properties and set the AutoArchive settings on the proper tab. Contacts? I suppose you could but I've never heard of anybody archiving Contacts before. Usually that's an address book that you want to keep. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm > Aloha Ben! > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>> I can find the file just fine, but even though I downloaded the .pst >>> tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing wrong? Aloha Ben, Maybe I'm trying to perform the wrong function, then. Perhaps archive isn't what I want. What I"m trying to do is create a complete back-up of contacts, all personal folders, inbox, etc. on a regular basis "just in case" something happens to the hard drive on my computer. My boss had this happen last week and he lost almost everything in Outlook. I thought archiving would take care of this. Are there other ways to do this? > Aloha debnett, > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >>> I can find the file just fine, but even though I downloaded the .pst > >>> tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing wrong? Aloha debnett, Check this page for all you need to know: http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr - MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm > Aloha Ben, > [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] >>>>> .pst tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing >>>>> wrong? > I need to begin backing up my folders, contacts, etc (basically > everything) in Outlook. I found the auto-archive > feature...downloaded the .pst tool... did an archive. > > I can find the file just fine, but even though I downloaded the .pst > tool I am unable to open the archived file. What am I doing wrong? Archives are NOT backups. Don't confuse the two. To make a backup of your Outlook data, close Outlook completely and copy your PST file using Windows Explorer.  SignatureBrian Tillman |
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