I would like to copy or move .pst files off my hard drive onto CD's that I
can access from outlook if I need to. Can and how do I do this?
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hwy

You can put it on a RW disc.

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"VanguardLH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> highwayman wrote:
>
>> I would like to copy or move .pst files off my hard drive onto CD's that
>> I
>> can access from outlook if I need to. Can and how do I do this?
>
> Outlook demands write-access to the .pst file. Why? Because you may
> commit an action within Outlook that requires updating the items in that
> message store. All files on CD media are read-only. So you will have
> to copy the .pst file off the CD onto the hard drive and then remove the
> read-only attribute from that file.
>
> I haven't played with UDF (where the rewritable CD looks like a big
> floppy). You would need to install 3rd party software to support UDF in
> write-access mode (and not just for read-access mode). Roxio comes with
> DirectCD and Nero comes in InCD to provide read/write UDF support.
> Again, you would have to test if Outlook can access the .pst file on a
> UDF-supported drive.
>
> Since you want to write to the message store, what's the point of saving
> it on a rewritable CD to access it there via UDF? Obviously it won't be
> a backup copy if you are writing to it.

My laptop is backed up on the server and I have limited storage capacity
assigned. I would like to save old emails for future reference on alternate
media than my hard drive so I can meet the backup size.
--
hwy


"highwayman" wrote:

> I would like to copy or move .pst files off my hard drive onto CD's that I
> can access from outlook if I need to. Can and how do I do this?
> --
> hwy

I have limited storage available on the server that backups up my laptop. I
want to save email files for future reference and they occupy 10 gigs of hard
drive space. I need a alternate storage media source.
--
hwy


"VanguardLH" wrote:

> highwayman wrote:
>
> > I would like to copy or move .pst files off my hard drive onto CD's that I
> > can access from outlook if I need to. Can and how do I do this?
>
> Outlook demands write-access to the .pst file. Why? Because you may
> commit an action within Outlook that requires updating the items in that
> message store. All files on CD media are read-only. So you will have
> to copy the .pst file off the CD onto the hard drive and then remove the
> read-only attribute from that file.
>
> I haven't played with UDF (where the rewritable CD looks like a big
> floppy). You would need to install 3rd party software to support UDF in
> write-access mode (and not just for read-access mode). Roxio comes with
> DirectCD and Nero comes in InCD to provide read/write UDF support.
> Again, you would have to test if Outlook can access the .pst file on a
> UDF-supported drive.
>
> Since you want to write to the message store, what's the point of saving
> it on a rewritable CD to access it there via UDF? Obviously it won't be
> a backup copy if you are writing to it.
>

hi

Forget a CD , use a USB drive !

alex

External hd, springs to mind


"highwayman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My laptop is backed up on the server and I have limited storage capacity
> assigned. I would like to save old emails for future reference on
> alternate
> media than my hard drive so I can meet the backup size.
> --
> hwy
>
>
> "highwayman" wrote:
>
>> I would like to copy or move .pst files off my hard drive onto CD's that
>> I
>> can access from outlook if I need to. Can and how do I do this?
>> --
>> hwy