Outlook - Backing Up

Don't get caught without any back of your all important Outlook files. Below are the steps you need to take to create a copy of your mail, contacts, calendar and other data in Outlook for backup or copying:

1. Go to your Outlook folder in Windows Explorer.
2. Highlight all files ending in ".pst".
   • Make sure in particular your selection includes "outlook.pst" and "archive.pst".
3. Select Edit | Copy from the menu to copy them.
4. Open the folder where you want to put your backup copies in Windows Explorer.
   • Ideally, this will be on another computer, on a removable disk stored far away from your home, somewhere on the Internet, or at least on a different hard disk.
5. Select Edit | Paste from the menu to paste your .pst files to the backup location
• I strongly recomment the backup location be a memory stick or external hard drive.
• These back up should be done daily, or weekly.