Windows Mail Backup?

[Hatter]

Using Vista Home Basic....
Is there any way to backup EVERYTHING regarding my EMAIL?
i.e. My messages, folders, contacts, message RULES...
In other words After I do a complete format of my disk because VISTA
has said I don't have a GENUINE Verision anymore after using it for more
than 8 months and actually verifying the genuineness several times...but i
digress.
So After I do my rebuild i would like to be able to restore my email
functionality et all to it's current state with all the messages, folders,
rules, etc...
AM I asking TOO much in the year 2008 for this to be possible never mind
easy?

Thank you for any help

 

[Guest]

Using Vista Home Basic....
Is there any way to backup EVERYTHING regarding my EMAIL?
i.e. My messages, folders, contacts, message RULES...
In other words After I do a complete format of my disk because VISTA
has said I don't have a GENUINE Verision anymore after using it for more
than 8 months and actually verifying the genuineness several times...but i
digress.
So After I do my rebuild i would like to be able to restore my email
functionality et all to it's current state with all the messages, folders,
rules, etc...
AM I asking TOO much in the year 2008 for this to be possible never mind
easy?

Thank you for any help

I don't know about all of it, but to get most of it, click on Tools, then
Options,
then Advanced, then Maintenance, then Store Folder. Record the directory
name that appears; backing up this directory will get most, but possibly not
all, of what you need. To close the extra windows, click on Cancel, then
Close, then Cancel again.

 

[Dave]

To save your messages, do File - Export - Messages - MS Windows Mail

To save your contacts, save the Contacts folder
C:\Users\(youraccount)\Contacts

To save your Rules, use Regedit to export the following key from the
Registry to a file (rules.reg)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Rules]

 

[Hatter]

What would be wrong with exporting all of
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail]

To save your messages, do File - Export - Messages - MS Windows Mail

To save your contacts, save the Contacts folder
C:\Users\(youraccount)\Contacts

To save your Rules, use Regedit to export the following key from the
Registry to a file (rules.reg)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Rules]


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Using Vista Home Basic....
Is there any way to backup EVERYTHING regarding my EMAIL?
i.e. My messages, folders, contacts, message RULES...
In other words After I do a complete format of my disk because VISTA
has said I don't have a GENUINE Verision anymore after using it for more
than 8 months and actually verifying the genuineness several times...but
i digress.
So After I do my rebuild i would like to be able to restore my email
functionality et all to it's current state with all the messages,
folders, rules, etc...
AM I asking TOO much in the year 2008 for this to be possible never mind
easy?

Thank you for any help