backup address book & folders

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I'm new to Outlook, having used Outlook Express for several years with Win98.
With OE/Win98 I was in the habit of backing up my Addrress Book and Folders to a zip disk on a regular basis. I knew exactly where to find them on my hard disk. This is not the case with Outlook/XP. I have no idea where these files are stored on my hard disk in XP.
Where are they?
G Glaser
 
The file you need to back up is your Personal Folders file (*.pst) It's
where all the mail, calendar, contacts etc are stored.

Take a look at these pages for info on Outlook data backup:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
G Glaser said:
I'm new to Outlook, having used Outlook Express for several years with Win98.
With OE/Win98 I was in the habit of backing up my Addrress Book and
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Folders to a zip disk on a regular basis. I knew exactly where to find them
on my hard disk. This is not the case with Outlook/XP. I have no idea where
these files are stored on my hard disk in XP.
 
Thanks for the reply. It all sounds fine in theory, but doesn't work in practice.
In Windows Explorer I selected Tools/Folder Options/View and selected Show hidden files and folders
In Search, I then searched for *.pst and the search result was that there were no files to display
Trying this w/o Search, I haven't been able to find where my Applicationtion Data\Microsoft folder is located. What's the first part of the path? I'm on XP Home Edition, 2003
Thanks
G Glase
 
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