Question about backup

[Jeff Needle]

Please forgive me for all these questions, I'm trying to get things right.

On the File menu, there is a "backup" option. I don't recall whether this
came with Outlook 2002 or if I installed it as an add-on. In any event, it
seems to be copying my .pst file to my backup device. But there also seem
to be some other settings I need to be concerned about, under Documents and
Settings, that I should be backing up, too.

Is there a tool that will give me a complete backup? One I can use to fully
restore my Outlook in the event of the system crash?

Thanks.

 

[DL]

The Backup is probably the MS OLBackup addin, it will show in the win
Add/Remove dialogue
For further info
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm#pst

 

[Jeff Needle]

Thanks for this information. Can I assume that, in the event of a system
crash, I can just copy back the .pst file from the backup device and I'll be
back to where I was since the last backup?

Thanks again.

 

[DL]

Yes, providing you restore in the correct way
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
The backup.pst is just a copy of the primary pst, so it can be opened within
OL

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not at all. Read the instructions he posted. You will learn that you must
expressly connect an Outlook profile to the data file while Outlook is
running in order to use it. Just copying a data file with Outlook closed
will corrupt the profile.

 

[Jeff Needle]

Got it -- thanks!

Yes, providing you restore in the correct way
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm
The backup.pst is just a copy of the primary pst, so it can be opened
within
OL