Microsoft KB Archive/290827

= How to automatically back up your personal folders (.pst) file in Outlook 2002 =

Article ID: 290827

Article Last Modified on 10/7/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290827





For a Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2003 version of this article, see 238782.



SUMMARY
This article describes how to automatically back up your Personal Folders file (.pst) by using the Outlook 2002 Personal Folders Backup add-in.



MORE INFORMATION
Your Personal Folders file contains all of your local Outlook folders, including the Calendar, Inbox, Tasks, Sent Items, Outbox, Deleted Items, and the folders that you created. To automatically back up these folders, create a backup of your Personal Folders file. Outlook 2002 contains a Personal Folders Backup add-in that automates the backup process. When you use Personal Folders Backup, you can choose the .pst files that you want to back up and how often you want to back them up.

Each Personal Folders file contains all of your Outlook folders, including the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts. You may have a single .pst file (usually called &quot;Internet Folders&quot; or &quot;Personal Folders&quot; in your Folder List), and you may also have an additional .pst file that you use to archive messages (named &quot;Archive Folders&quot;). Personal Folders Backup lets you back up any or all of these .pst files.

NOTE: Personal Folders Backup only backs up .pst files. If you have a Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox, your server mailbox folders are backed up regularly by your server administrator.

To use Personal Folders Backup:
 * 1) Start Outlook.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Backup.
 * 3) To change the backup options, such as which .pst files to back up, click Options.

When you use Personal Folders Backup, you can back up to a disk; however, you cannot spread the Personal Folders file across multiple disks. When you change backup options, click a storage location that has enough free space to accommodate your entire Personal Folders file.

The Personal Folders Backup add-in is available for download at the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8b081f3a-b7d0-4b16-b8af-5a6322f4fd01&DisplayLang=en

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