Export/copying e-mails

Dick_Turpin99

Can anyone explain how to export e-mails/address book etc. out of Outlook 2007 to a remote hard-drive, please.

I understand so far......

Export to a file >

What do I select next, CSV (DOS or Windows), Access, Tab seperated values?

custardy

http://www.ehow.com/how_5194142_backup-outlook-email.html

Dick_Turpin99

custardy wrote: »

http://www.ehow.com/how_5194142_backup-outlook-email.html

Thanks, very useful, however when I try to export the private folder file (7.4GB) to a drive with 23GB it says there's not enough room for the process to happen.......so what next?

KillerWatt

!!!!!!_Turpin99 wrote: »

Thanks, very useful, however when I try to export the private folder file (7.4GB) to a drive with 23GB it says there's not enough room for the process to happen.......so what next?

You need to format the drive with the NTFS filing system, FAT32 has a 4GB limitation for single file sizes.

Dick_Turpin99

KillerWatt wrote: »

You need to format the drive with the NTFS filing system, FAT32 has a 4GB limitation for single file sizes.

OK, thanks, but will this affect/delete all the other files on the drive?

Toxteth_OGrady

Yes

:cool:

TOG

googler

!!!!!!_Turpin99 wrote: »

Thanks, very useful, however when I try to export the private folder file (7.4GB) to a drive with 23GB it says there's not enough room for the process to happen.......so what next?

Don't export the whole folder, then - export groups of e-mails to generate smaller files.

KillerWatt

googler wrote: »

Don't export the whole folder, then - export groups of e-mails to generate smaller files.

It's not a folder, it's a single file that contains ALL of the info stored in Outlook.

Toxteth_OGrady

If you use 'Archive' rather than 'Export' you can choose which folder(s) you want to make up the .pst

Dick_Turpin99

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

If you use 'Archive' rather than 'Export' you can choose which folder(s) you want to make up the .pst

thing is I want to take all of them.....right now I am thinking I would be better to simple get one of those flashy cards and format it first then have it as a dedicated e-mail back-up

Toxteth_OGrady

This may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296088

7 gig is a massive .pst file. You must have lots of meaty sized attachments in there.

You could always make lots of smaller .pst files and just sore them in the same backup directory.