I reluctantly have to send my computer off for repairs. At which time, they
may reformat my computer. I have taken a great deal of time to organize
Outlook: filters, colored flags, catagories, folders, customized address
book, calendar reminders, ect. I have an external hard drive. Is there a
way I can simply backup EVERYTHING in Outlook, so it can be easily restored
after reinstalling the application?

Use the Save My Settings Wizard from Office and make a backup of your
pst-file.

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

Tips of the month:
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
-Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003

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"stacyjhaskins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7544D83D-A3C1-44A3-8298-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I reluctantly have to send my computer off for repairs. At which time,
>they
> may reformat my computer. I have taken a great deal of time to organize
> Outlook: filters, colored flags, catagories, folders, customized address
> book, calendar reminders, ect. I have an external hard drive. Is there a
> way I can simply backup EVERYTHING in Outlook, so it can be easily
> restored
> after reinstalling the application?

Do you mean everything including Contacts??

"Roady [MVP]" wrote:

> Use the Save My Settings Wizard from Office and make a backup of your
> pst-file.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> www.howto-outlook.com
>
> Tips of the month:
> -Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data
> -Creating a Permanent New Mail Desktop Alert in Outlook 2003
>
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> "stacyjhaskins" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7544D83D-A3C1-44A3-8298-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I reluctantly have to send my computer off for repairs. At which time,
> >they
> > may reformat my computer. I have taken a great deal of time to organize
> > Outlook: filters, colored flags, catagories, folders, customized address
> > book, calendar reminders, ect. I have an external hard drive. Is there a
> > way I can simply backup EVERYTHING in Outlook, so it can be easily
> > restored
> > after reinstalling the application?
>
>
>

Susan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Do you mean everything including Contacts??

Your Contacts, Calendar, Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Tasks, Journal, Deleted
Items, and all other folders are all in the same file, the PST, so making a
copy of that while Outlook is closed backs up all your data.

See http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
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Brian Tillman