pst on a usb stick

[Snapper]

Gordon wrote...

Then there's instructions on that site on how to use a PDA to do the
job.....

I've considered doing that. But ActiveSync is a bit flaky and I dread the idea
of losing or corrupting data on the two PCs as well as the PDA.

Easier to use that sync utility, which is a free one now.

So far it seems to be working fine. I installed it on the desktop and the
laptop. I ran it on each to install and initialise it. I then ran the sync
command on each. I then copied the database file from the desktop to the laptop
then run the laptop's sync tool again.

When I opened the laptop's Outlook the calendar, and contacts were the same as
what's on the PC.

I'll probably just sync it the one way PC to Laptop. I have the laptop
configured to leave email on the server, so all incoming mail will be saved
permanently on the desktop.

This sync util doesn't full sync email, anyway.

I wish that there was a poor man's "MS Exchange Home" that guys like me could
set up and run on a central PC. It would save SO much hassles...

 

[Brian Tillman]

Why is this? Currently it's the only way that I can sync the data
between Outlook on my desktop and Outlook on my laptop.

Close Outlook and copy the ORIGINAL PST. Don't make an exported copy of it
first, since the export process will guarantee it's not a faithful copy.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I've considered doing that. But ActiveSync is a bit flaky and I dread
the idea of losing or corrupting data on the two PCs as well as the
PDA.

I've been using ActiveSync to keep two PCs in sync for YEARS now. While
there have been some accidents in that time, because I always have proper
backups, there has never been one bit of data lost