Re: backup

11 Aug 2006 2:14 AM

DR support

why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes -- to be
able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?

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"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> LinnHarrison <LinnHarri***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file.
>
> Please state the exact step you took to do this. Also state your Outlook
> version.
>
> > However, when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't
> > have authorization to access the file and I'm stuck.
>
> Never import a PST.
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> Brian Tillman
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>

11 Aug 2006 2:48 AM

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Importing a native Outlook file? Why? Just open it.

Importing loses received dates, custom forms, connections between contacts
and calendar, contact and activities, rules, etc.

That is why.

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After furious head scratching, DR support asked:

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| why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes --
| to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
|
| "Brian Tillman" wrote:
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|| LinnHarrison <LinnHarri***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
||
||| I just backed up Outlook to move to another computer as a pst file.
||
|| Please state the exact step you took to do this. Also state your
|| Outlook version.
||
||| However, when I try to import it in to Outlook, I am told I don't
||| have authorization to access the file and I'm stuck.
||
|| Never import a PST.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman

11 Aug 2006 1:46 PM

Brian Tillman

DR support <DRsupp***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes --
> to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?

Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just COPY
it.

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Brian Tillman

8 Jul 2009 3:34 AM

Jo Foster

Dear Brian
I had a huge struggle backing up my Outlook on my last computer, but
eventually somehow managed to get it to update regularly. Although I have
something called outlook backup (on new laptop, documents, vista) which i can
presumab;y copy or send to external drive, I don't know how to update it
because I don't know where it is. Is there an MVP website for Outlook, as
with Word?

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"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> DR support <DRsupp***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes
> > to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
>
> Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
> formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
> document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just COPY
> it.
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

8 Jul 2009 7:43 AM

Roady [MVP]

You mean the Outlook Backup Add-in from Microsoft?
Then you'll find it in the File menu.
If it is not visible there, see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/backupaddin.htm

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"Jo Foster" <JoFos***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Dear Brian
> I had a huge struggle backing up my Outlook on my last computer, but
> eventually somehow managed to get it to update regularly. Although I have
> something called outlook backup (on new laptop, documents, vista) which i
> can
> presumab;y copy or send to external drive, I don't know how to update it
> because I don't know where it is. Is there an MVP website for Outlook, as
> with Word?
>
> "Brian Tillman" wrote:
>
>> DR support <DRsupp***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > why can't you import a pst file? Isn't that one of its purposes
>> > to be able to back-up and retrieve files if needed?
>>
>> Exporting and importing are for changing between Outlook and non-Outlook
>> formats, not for backing up. You don't export a Word document to a Word
>> document, do you? Backing up a PST is EASY. With Outlook closed, just
>> COPY
>> it.
>> --
>> Brian Tillman
>>
>>