Re: How to do complete backup of Outlook 2007 before reformat?

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Bigdogmom wrote:
I need to reformat my hard drive, and have backed up
everything except Outlook 2007. How do I do this if I want all the
information? Thank you for your time.

In other words, your email, yoour calendar, your contacts, youtr notes and
so on? As well as your rules and such?

Essentially (not knowing how you get your email is a disadvantage here) you
can export all your email.calendar entries/notes/contacts/etc to a PST file
and then you can (using Outlook 2007 at a later date) either import it or
just open that PST file and copy what you want or leave it in the PST file.

"Size and storage matters" <- particularly "Manage your mailbox III"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102188671033.aspx
Specifically:
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC102386271033

Or - more to a point where you might be:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100758021033.aspx?pid=CH102499831033

Backup your rules:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP100967041033.aspx?pid=CH101032711033

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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Yes, thank you, everything. My email comes from Verizon's Yahoo mail (smpt). I will read the url's you kindly posted, and thank you for your time. Cindy
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