Steps to back up Outlook Email/Address book on Windows Vista or 7

 

Outlook 2010 Backup/Export data

 

In Outlook 2010, you can easily export your email, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks or other data. This comes in handy when you would like to backup your data or move your data to another computer.

1. Click the Office button in the upper-left corner.

2. Click Saving.

3. Click Export.

4. Click Export on the right side.

5. Select Export to a file and click Next.

6. Select Outlook Data File (.pst) and click Next.

7. Choose what you would like to backup. Calendar, all Personal Folders, Inbox, etc. Click Next when ready.

8. Provide a location and filename to backup to. Click Finish.

 

Manual backup


1. Make sure show hidden files and folders option is checked located in the My computer window (In my computer window select “Organize” then select “Folder and search options” and option is under “view” tab).

2. After making sure the “show hidden files and folder option is enabled “double click on the local disc (C:\) In My computer window.

3. Double click on “Users” folder.

4. Double click on the “Computer user name” folder.

5. Double click on hidden folder “AppData” (it will be almost transparent).

6. Double click on “Local” folder.

7. Double click on “Microsoft” folder.

8. Double click on “Outlook” folder.

9. Once in the Outlook folder copy “Outlook.pst” file, do the same procedure on the computer you want to replace the Email/Address book and paste/replace the copied file there.

10. After these steps are completed Emails and all contacts will be restored.