Backup emails in Vista

[Guest]

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.

 

[Mac]

File, Export, Messages

Similar with contacts

 

[Guest]

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]

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).

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

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