outlook 2002/2003 folders

tried to open email folder and it said i could not open folder. it told me to
close all mail related items. when i restarted it said could not save
outlook.pst file. folders not available. how can i get this back and how can
i make a backup and prevent it from happening again. finding anything on
microsoft is like finding a needle at the bottom of 40,000 haystacks.

tekkiefirst <tekkiefirst@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> tried to open email folder and it said i could not open folder. it
> told me to close all mail related items. when i restarted it said
> could not save outlook.pst file. folders not available. how can i get
> this back and how can i make a backup and prevent it from happening
> again. finding anything on microsoft is like finding a needle at the
> bottom of 40,000 haystacks.

Without knowing exactly what you did and exactly what the messages said, I
don't know how to speculate what went wrong. However, here's a reference
for how to create a backup:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
--
Brian Tillman

Thank you for the info it is a great help. The scare of my own advice came
back to haunt me. I'm a technician and usually make sure to back up and got
caught with pants down. fortunatel for me i had the most unusual experience
of outlook eventually fixing itself and restoring without the loss of a
single email.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> tekkiefirst <tekkiefirst@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > tried to open email folder and it said i could not open folder. it
> > told me to close all mail related items. when i restarted it said
> > could not save outlook.pst file. folders not available. how can i get
> > this back and how can i make a backup and prevent it from happening
> > again. finding anything on microsoft is like finding a needle at the
> > bottom of 40,000 haystacks.
>
> Without knowing exactly what you did and exactly what the messages said, I
> don't know how to speculate what went wrong. However, here's a reference
> for how to create a backup:
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>