Back up for emails

My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
it right.

The Easy Transfer app is at:
start menu/all programs/accessories/easy transfer

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"marion35" <> wrote in message
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> My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data,
> pictures
> and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed,
> and
> for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical
> in
> anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me
> hows
> best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have
> done
> it right.

marion35 wrote:
> My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
> and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
> for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
> anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
> best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
> it right.

You've done it right but you can only open it with Outlook.

Alias

so, all I need to do is drag that to my external hard drive??? and if I
should need it, it will open in outlook??? Sorry to sound stupid.
"Alias" wrote:

> marion35 wrote:
> > My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
> > and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> > regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> > files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> > like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
> > for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> > wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
> > anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
> > best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> > which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> > however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
> > it right.
>
> You've done it right but you can only open it with Outlook.
>
> Alias
>

I cannot see easy transfer. I go to the accessories, then easy transfer isnt
there... sorry to sound stupid.

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> The Easy Transfer app is at:
> start menu/all programs/accessories/easy transfer
>
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> "marion35" <> wrote in message
> news:CCF38EEC-BC4E-4E3B-BE95-...
> > My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data,
> > pictures
> > and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> > regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> > files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> > like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed,
> > and
> > for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> > wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical
> > in
> > anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me
> > hows
> > best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> > which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> > however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have
> > done
> > it right.
>

marion35 wrote:
> so, all I need to do is drag that to my external hard drive??? and if I
> should need it, it will open in outlook??? Sorry to sound stupid.

Not sure about 07, but with 03, you open Outlook/File/Open/Outlook Data
File. I would *copy* it and then paste it to the external drive. I also
have set up a folder for Outlook Backups and I have sub folders, each
with the name of a day of the week.

Alias
> "Alias" wrote:
>
>> marion35 wrote:
>>> My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
>>> and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
>>> regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
>>> files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
>>> like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
>>> for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
>>> wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
>>> anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
>>> best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
>>> which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
>>> however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
>>> it right.
>> You've done it right but you can only open it with Outlook.
>>
>> Alias
>>

It's in System Tools

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"marion35" <> wrote in message
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>I cannot see easy transfer. I go to the accessories, then easy transfer
>isnt
> there... sorry to sound stupid.
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> The Easy Transfer app is at:
>> start menu/all programs/accessories/easy transfer
>>
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>> Mark L. Ferguson
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>> "marion35" <> wrote in message
>> news:CCF38EEC-BC4E-4E3B-BE95-...
>> > My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data,
>> > pictures
>> > and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
>> > regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my
>> > pictures,
>> > files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I
>> > would
>> > like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if
>> > needed,
>> > and
>> > for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back
>> > up
>> > wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not
>> > technical
>> > in
>> > anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise
>> > me
>> > hows
>> > best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst
>> > file
>> > which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
>> > however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have
>> > done
>> > it right.
>>

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...030811033.aspx

Marion; above is the link on how to do your backup of outlook email messages.
Cheers!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"marion35" wrote:

>
> so, all I need to do is drag that to my external hard drive??? and if I
> should need it, it will open in outlook??? Sorry to sound stupid.
> "Alias" wrote:
>
> > marion35 wrote:
> > > My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
> > > and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> > > regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> > > files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> > > like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
> > > for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> > > wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
> > > anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
> > > best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> > > which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> > > however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
> > > it right.
> >
> > You've done it right but you can only open it with Outlook.
> >
> > Alias
> >

marion35 wrote:
> My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
> and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
> for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
> anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
> best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
> it right.

Marion, you need to read this article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287070

Frank

"marion35" wrote:

>
> so, all I need to do is drag that to my external hard drive??? and if I
> should need it, it will open in outlook??? Sorry to sound stupid.
> "Alias" wrote:
>
> > marion35 wrote:
> > > My PC recently dies, and I was lucky enough to get most of my data, pictures
> > > and emails back. I have now got an external hard drive, and want to do
> > > regular back ups. I am looking for the best way to copy all my pictures,
> > > files and spreadsheets, but also my outlook 2007 emails. Ideally, I would
> > > like to be able to just restore all of these items on a new PC if needed, and
> > > for it to look almost identical to what I had. I am not sure the back up
> > > wizard I have on my machine does all of these things. I am not technical in
> > > anyway, and have very basic undersdtanding. Can anybody please advise me hows
> > > best to approach this?? Thank you for any help. (i did find the .pst file
> > > which I saved to desktop and I was going to drag that on to hard drive,
> > > however, when I click open, it says cannot read, so I dont think I have done
> > > it right.
> >
> > You've done it right but you can only open it with Outlook.
> >
> > Alias
> >

Sort of, you have to attach it to Outlook to see/use the .pst file. How to
do this varies by version. I think 2003 and 2007 are similar but I don't
have my Office 2007 here with me today. To attach in 2003 you go to Tool |
E-mail Accounts. Select View or Change E-mail Acconts then Next. When the
accounts window opens you will see a large window showing your account.
Below that is a drop down list and a button that says 'New Outlook Data
File...'. Click on that button. Select the type of .pst, then click OK.
This opens a browse window. Browse to your external drive and select the pst
you have stored there. Ok out (though you may want to rename the personal
folder in the next window, located near the top of the next window from the
browse window window) and your pst will now show up in your folder list. You
can then move the e-mails you want to keep to folders in the pst and they
will be stored in the pst on your external drive.

You also can have your e-mail delivered directly to this pst which can be
done using the dropdown box in E-mail Accounts that I mentioned earlier
(right next to New Outlook Data File...).

Hope this helps.