How to do complete backup of Outlook 2007 before reformat?

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Hello. I need to reformat my hard drive, and have backed up everything
except Outlook 2007. How do I do this if I want all the information? Thank
you for your time. Kind regards, Cindy
 
Bigdogmom said:
I need to reformat my hard drive, and have backed up
everything except Outlook 2007. How do I do this if I want all the
information? Thank you for your time.
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In other words, your email, yoour calendar, your contacts, youtr notes and
so on? As well as your rules and such?

Essentially (not knowing how you get your email is a disadvantage here) you
can export all your email.calendar entries/notes/contacts/etc to a PST file
and then you can (using Outlook 2007 at a later date) either import it or
just open that PST file and copy what you want or leave it in the PST file.

"Size and storage matters" <- particularly "Manage your mailbox III"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102188671033.aspx
Specifically:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC102386271033

Or - more to a point where you might be:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100758021033.aspx?pid=CH102499831033

Backup your rules:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100967041033.aspx?pid=CH101032711033
 
Shenan Stanley said:
In other words, your email, yoour calendar, your contacts, youtr notes and
so on? As well as your rules and such?

Essentially (not knowing how you get your email is a disadvantage here) you
can export all your email.calendar entries/notes/contacts/etc to a PST file
and then you can (using Outlook 2007 at a later date) either import it or
just open that PST file and copy what you want or leave it in the PST file.

"Size and storage matters" <- particularly "Manage your mailbox III"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102188671033.aspx
Specifically:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC102386271033

Or - more to a point where you might be:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100758021033.aspx?pid=CH102499831033

Backup your rules:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100967041033.aspx?pid=CH101032711033

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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Yes, thank you, everything. My email comes from Verizon's Yahoo mail (smpt). I will read the url's you kindly posted, and thank you for your time. Cindy
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Shenan said:
In other words, your email, yoour calendar, your contacts, youtr notes and
so on? As well as your rules and such?

Essentially (not knowing how you get your email is a disadvantage here) you
can export all your email.calendar entries/notes/contacts/etc to a PST file
and then you can (using Outlook 2007 at a later date) either import it or
just open that PST file and copy what you want or leave it in the PST file.

"Size and storage matters" <- particularly "Manage your mailbox III"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102188671033.aspx
Specifically:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC102386271033

Or - more to a point where you might be:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100758021033.aspx?pid=CH102499831033

Backup your rules:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100967041033.aspx?pid=CH101032711033
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Shenan: I thought outlook (not express) stored everything in a PST
file. I've moved users from old to new PCs and we simply copy the PST
file from pc to pc. Seems to work. Calendar/mail/address and all.
Okay, maybe the address is in the WAB file. Is this valid or did we
just luck out?
 
Is it possible to just copy and paste everything to a CD or DVD? I just want
to do this the fastest way possible, since once it's done I can reformat.
 
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