If I do a copy of everything under C:\ to a USB hard drive will that suffice
as a source for individually restoring my data in Outlook, Word, Excel,
Money, Pictures etc once I've reloaded the various programs such as Outlook
2003? Or, must I do an individual file "copy" of .pst, .doc., .jpg etc. to
the drive. Another question, does a single .pst file include all personal
Outlook data including personal folders, calendar, contacts (think that's
it?)? Same for .doc?

Thanks,
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RW

It depends where you store your .pst, .doc., .jpg etc. files. A full "dump"
of your C:\ drive will also include many GB of installation and Windows
files which are not needed for a data backup and could even not be copied.

> does a single .pst file include all personal
> Outlook data including personal folders, calendar, contacts (think that's
> it?)?
For Outlook backing up your pst-file indeed will suffice.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm

> Same for .doc?
That question doesn't make sense since a doc-file doesn't contain Outlook
information.

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Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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"Ralph White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If I do a copy of everything under C:\ to a USB hard drive will that
> suffice
> as a source for individually restoring my data in Outlook, Word, Excel,
> Money, Pictures etc once I've reloaded the various programs such as
> Outlook
> 2003? Or, must I do an individual file "copy" of .pst, .doc., .jpg etc.
> to
> the drive. Another question, does a single .pst file include all personal
> Outlook data including personal folders, calendar, contacts (think that's
> it?)? Same for .doc?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> RW