How to take backup of MS outlook

 There are so many email clients that are using by the PC users worldwide. The outlook from Microsoft is one of the most successful email client applications which come along with MS office package. We have discussed before many other outlook related issues and their possible fixes. Today we will learn how to take a back up of outlook so that you can save your important emails and other data.

This is the simplest method for taking the backup for outlook in your windows machine.

Outlook stores all your emails; contacts, etc are stored in two files:

1.     outlook.pst

2.     archive.pst

The path for outlook is following below and you just need to copy and paste the folder somewhere in safe place.

Outlook 2007 and Windows XP store the files in:

C:\Documents and Settings\Your UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

All you have to do is copy them somewhere else in your PC, install the new Outlook (run it once and exit), then copy them back.

Though there is another method for taking a backup of your outlook emails and other data. You can export and save the file somewhere in safe place and later you can import the backup you have created. 

After importing the backup file if your outlook does not work you must reboot your computer once and it will be fine.

If still you experience the problem with the outlook you can uninstall and reinstall the outlook from your source media i.e. CD/DVD etc.  For more information about outlook issues you can simple click here