Saving settings and contacts in Outlook

gmendrin · 02-16-2005, 12:35 PM

I have MS Outlook 2002. I need to reinstall Windows. I don't want to have to reinput all of my contacts and email settings after I reinstall Windows. My question is, how do I save/backup all of my settings and contacts so I can easily reinput them?

yustr · 02-16-2005, 12:59 PM

This has been the subject of some forum activity of late. See this post:

here

It's a matter of exporting a .pst file of your contacts (and any other folder within OL) and burning this file to CD. Then when you have the new computer loaded with OL, import the .pst from the CD. As an added feature - the CD is your backup in the event something bad happens.

02-16-2005, 12:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
gmendrin Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 37 OS: Windows XP	Saving settings and contacts in Outlook I have MS Outlook 2002. I need to reinstall Windows. I don't want to have to reinput all of my contacts and email settings after I reinstall Windows. My question is, how do I save/backup all of my settings and contacts so I can easily reinput them?

02-16-2005, 12:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,038 OS: XP Pro My System	This has been the subject of some forum activity of late. See this post: here It's a matter of exporting a .pst file of your contacts (and any other folder within OL) and burning this file to CD. Then when you have the new computer loaded with OL, import the .pst from the CD. As an added feature - the CD is your backup in the event something bad happens. __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.