Backup emails in Vista

I need to format my laptop and want to backup my Inbox, Sent Items and my
Contacts from Windows Mail and save them to my external hard drive. Following
formatting, I then want to reinstate the previously backed up emails and
Contacts to their original location in Windows Mail.

Hope someone can give me a step by step guide on how to properly complete
this.

File, Export, Messages

Similar with contacts

"Mister M" <Mister M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E4263257-83DB-4685-9C97-B7B5E0108863@microsoft.com...
>I need to format my laptop and want to backup my Inbox, Sent Items and my
> Contacts from Windows Mail and save them to my external hard drive.
> Following
> formatting, I then want to reinstate the previously backed up emails and
> Contacts to their original location in Windows Mail.
>
> Hope someone can give me a step by step guide on how to properly complete
> this.

Thanks Mac,

Does "File, Export, Messages" backup both my Inbox and my Sent Items?

Does it back anything else up from my Windows Mail?

I assume to reinstate them I type "File, Import, Messages" and then go to
the location on my external hard drive where I originally exported them to?

Does it matter that I have previously compacted my emails?

"Mac" wrote:

> File, Export, Messages
>
> Similar with contacts
>
> "Mister M" <Mister M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E4263257-83DB-4685-9C97-B7B5E0108863@microsoft.com...
> >I need to format my laptop and want to backup my Inbox, Sent Items and my
> > Contacts from Windows Mail and save them to my external hard drive.
> > Following
> > formatting, I then want to reinstate the previously backed up emails and
> > Contacts to their original location in Windows Mail.
> >
> > Hope someone can give me a step by step guide on how to properly complete
> > this.
>

Should do all messages. Yes re import. Compacting doesn't matter.

I'm no longer using WM having moved over to Windows Live Mail (the options
are different for me - contacts I'd have to move differently).

"Mister M" <MisterM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:259DC67E-5D7F-4E9F-B66E-08B1A9DFE7F1@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Mac,
>
> Does "File, Export, Messages" backup both my Inbox and my Sent Items?
>
> Does it back anything else up from my Windows Mail?
>
> I assume to reinstate them I type "File, Import, Messages" and then go to
> the location on my external hard drive where I originally exported them
> to?
>
> Does it matter that I have previously compacted my emails?
>
> "Mac" wrote:
>
>> File, Export, Messages
>>
>> Similar with contacts
>>
>> "Mister M" <Mister M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E4263257-83DB-4685-9C97-B7B5E0108863@microsoft.com...
>> >I need to format my laptop and want to backup my Inbox, Sent Items and
>> >my
>> > Contacts from Windows Mail and save them to my external hard drive.
>> > Following
>> > formatting, I then want to reinstate the previously backed up emails
>> > and
>> > Contacts to their original location in Windows Mail.
>> >
>> > Hope someone can give me a step by step guide on how to properly
>> > complete
>> > this.
>>

"Mister M" <Mister M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E4263257-83DB-4685-9C97-B7B5E0108863@microsoft.com...
>I need to format my laptop and want to backup my Inbox, Sent Items and my
> Contacts from Windows Mail and save them to my external hard drive.
> Following
> formatting, I then want to reinstate the previously backed up emails and
> Contacts to their original location in Windows Mail.
>
> Hope someone can give me a step by step guide on how to properly complete
> this.

See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

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