Backing up Outlook 2003

L

lawrencae

When I back up Outlook 2003 is it necessary to back up the .log and .bak
files in addition to all the .pst files.
 
P

Pat Willener

The .log files are usually scanpst protocols; no need to backup.
The .bak files are backup files, which do not need to be backed up again

When backing up .pst files, make sure that Outlook is closed.
 
L

lawrencae

Dear Pat Willener,

Thanks for your timely reply and please forgive my tardiness in thanking you.

Lawrence Miller
 
J

Judith m

I have Outlook set to automatically back-up my .pst every so often upon
exiting the program. This has been working fine until the last few days. I
get the error message :Cannot copy Outlook: The process cannot access the
file because another process has locked a portion of the file." I also tried
a manual backup and got the same error message. Any usggestions?
 
L

lawrencae

Dear Judith m,

Sorry, I have no clue about how to solve that problem. Suggest you post in
Outlook General Questions. An Outlook MVP will probably give you the answer
straight away.
All the best,
Lawrence Miller
 
L

lawrencae

Hello again Judith m,

This is a follow up suggestion courtesy of one of the MVPs.

Google "microsoft.public.outlook." The first offering will be the correct
one. Just scroll down the page until you come to "microsoft.public.outlook".
Then ask your question there.
Hope this helps.

Lawrence Miller
 
G

Gordon

lawrencae said:
Hello again Judith m,

This is a follow up suggestion courtesy of one of the MVPs.

Google "microsoft.public.outlook." The first offering will be the correct
one. Just scroll down the page until you come to
"microsoft.public.outlook".
Then ask your question there.
Hope this helps.

And microsoft.public.general which this thread is being posted in, is just
as good if not better than microsoft.public.outlook....
 
L

lawrencae

Thanks for that advice Gordon.
Lawrence

Gordon said:
And microsoft.public.general which this thread is being posted in, is just
as good if not better than microsoft.public.outlook....
 
G

gilles

Which could lead to corrupted pst files....the MS Personal File Backup
utility functions AFTER Outlook is closed for that very reason...

We never corrupt PST files when reading PST files. BackupMyFolder!
doesn't copy the file as MS Personal File Backup, but use MAPI
functionnality to copy items of the PST file

Gilles
 
R

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]

Since each version of Outlook uses different methods to store information
(much of it hidden), how can you ensure that you are actually providing a
valid backup?
 
T

Tom [Pepper] Willett

Outlook 2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3a-b7d0-4b16-b8af-5a6322f4fd01&displaylang=en


: Since each version of Outlook uses different methods to store information
: (much of it hidden), how can you ensure that you are actually providing a
: valid backup?
: --
: Russ Valentine
: [MVP-Outlook]
: : >>
: >>
: >>
: >> > Hello
: >>
: >> > You can try BackupMyFolder! that allow to backup PST files, even if
: >> > Outlook is opened
: >> >http://www.addonmail.com/Products/BackupMyFolder.asp
: >>
: >> Which could lead to corrupted pst files....the MS Personal File Backup
: >> utility functions AFTER Outlook is closed for that very reason...
: >
: > We never corrupt PST files when reading PST files. BackupMyFolder!
: > doesn't copy the file as MS Personal File Backup, but use MAPI
: > functionnality to copy items of the PST file
: >
: > Gilles
:
 
G

gilles

Hello Russ

Sorry, I was unavailable.

The backup is done by copying items throw standard API provided by
Microsoft.
We can ensure that it is a valid backup, as the same way that
Microsoft ensure that the functionnality of archiving of Outlook
provide a valid archive !

Regards
Gilles
 
D

denmarfl

I don't know if it is proper, or, this will even work...in the past you have
been very helpful to me regarding issues with OutLook 2007. I posted a New
question entered 9/21/09....entitled "Outlook; Scanpst results"....and if you
can I would appreciate your help with the issue. Please post your reply with
the 9/21/09 question. Thank You

Russ Valentine said:
Since each version of Outlook uses different methods to store information
(much of it hidden), how can you ensure that you are actually providing a
valid backup?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
gilles said:
We never corrupt PST files when reading PST files. BackupMyFolder!
doesn't copy the file as MS Personal File Backup, but use MAPI
functionnality to copy items of the PST file

Gilles
 

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