How can I back up my Microsoft Outlook data?
Microsoft Outlook is a great program for keeping your Email, contacts and appointments but what would happen if your computer crashed? Most programs have a backup feature built right in, you just select FILE and then BACKUP and most programs even remind you to back up after so many days. So why doesn't Outlook? It seems that it indeed does but you have to download the FREE ad-on in order to use this feature.
Outlook 2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders Backup
I used this on a computer running Windows XP with Microsoft Outlook 2007, it worked great! Once Outlook was open, I just had to select FILE and then BACKUP from the drop down menu and then specified where to save the backup file - I selected a USB thumb drive, I even selected the option to remind me every 7 days.
03-18-2008