verifying pst backup

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In Outlook I have over 3500 emails (several hundred with attachments), 500 addresses and 5 years of calendar entries. When I back up my pst file to a CD, it shows as only 64 kb. It certainly appears that I've only saved a shell with none of my content. How do I either verify what's in the backup file or correctly backup all the content. (I close Outlook when I copy the pst to the CD.)
 
Are you sure you got the right pst-file?

You can locate the file by using;
Rightclick the root folder (probably Outlook Today)-> Properties-> button
Advanced-> field Filename

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Sounds like you aren't getting a good copy, indeed. How big is your PST
file?
When you burn a CD, best not to use the drag/drop approach (often fails &
frequently doesn't allow you to access the CD's data on another computer).
Use your CD burning software to create the CD.
 
The pst file that I find with a Windows Explorer search is in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Outlook. But it only shows it as a 64kb file - what I apparently backed up. Could the real data file be hidden in a way that it doesn't show up as a search response? Or under some other extension

I don't have an Outlook Today folder. I'm using Outlook 2000 in Windows XP Professional.

----- Roady [MVP] wrote: ----

Are you sure you got the right pst-file

You can locate the file by using
Rightclick the root folder (probably Outlook Today)-> Properties-> button
Advanced-> field Filenam

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook
www.howto-outlook.co

Tips of the month
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You still have an Outlook Today folder then unless you disabled it. Again;
rightclick the root of the set of folders-> Properties-> button Advanced->
field Filename

Make sure you include hidden and system files and folders when searching for
pst-file.

By default it is located in
C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\

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Okoboji said:
The pst file that I find with a Windows Explorer search is in C:\Documents
and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Outlook. But it only shows it as a 64kb
file - what I apparently backed up. Could the real data file be hidden in
a way that it doesn't show up as a search response? Or under some other
extension?

I don't have an Outlook Today folder. I'm using Outlook 2000 in Windows
XP Professional.

----- Roady [MVP] wrote: -----

Are you sure you got the right pst-file?

You can locate the file by using;
Rightclick the root folder (probably Outlook Today)-> Properties->
button
Advanced-> field Filename

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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Okoboji said:
In Outlook I have over 3500 emails (several hundred with attachments), 500
addresses and 5 years of calendar entries. When I back up my pst file to
a CD, it shows as only 64 kb. It certainly appears that I've only saved a
shell with none of my content. How do I either verify what's in the
backup file or correctly backup all the content. (I close Outlook when I
copy the pst to the CD.)
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The file in my C: drive that I'm trying to backup only shows in Windows Explorer as 64 kb. The pst file that I find with a search is in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Outlook. Could the real data file be hidden in a way that it doesn't show up as a search response? Or under some other extension

I'm using Outlook 2000 in Windows XP Professional. I do use my Sony CD drive software rather than just drag and drop. But again, the file only appears as 64kb in my C drive. I must be backing up the wrong file without my data


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Sounds like you aren't getting a good copy, indeed. How big is your PS
file
When you burn a CD, best not to use the drag/drop approach (often fails
frequently doesn't allow you to access the CD's data on another computer)
Use your CD burning software to create the CD

Okoboji wrote
 
Problem solved. Don't know why it doesn't show up when I search in Windows Explorer, but I uncovered my pst data file in C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.ps

I'll back this file up on a CD and can then look at the directory to be sure the CD then has the full 197MB pst file.
 
Try Files, Import and Export...,
select Export to a file, Next,
then select Personal Folder File (.pst), Next,
on the next screen select the folder and tick Include Subfolders, Next
then Browse to your CD.
 
Okoboji said in news:[email protected]:
Problem solved. Don't know why it doesn't show up when I search in
Windows Explorer, but I uncovered my pst data file in C:\Documents
and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst

I'll back this file up on a CD and can then look at the directory to
be sure the CD then has the full 197MB pst file.
Click to expand...

Reminder: If you later copy the backed up .pst file from the CD onto
the hard drive (a requirement to make sure the file is writable), it
will have the read-only attribute which you will need to remove before
Outlook can open that file. Outlook requires write access to the .pst
file.
 
No, this not be a back-up as in the process of exporting custom views,
custom forms and rules are lost.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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