{"id":4526,"date":"2015-01-11T14:27:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T14:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=4526"},"modified":"2015-01-11T14:33:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T14:33:01","slug":"how-to-backup-and-restore-outlook-mail-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-backup-and-restore-outlook-mail-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup and Restore Outlook Mail Messages"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you use Microsoft Outlook as your email client, your email messages, contacts, appointments, task, notes are automatically saved in a personal storage folder (also known as a .pst file). Backing up your Outlook data is an important job especially if your computer crashes or if your want to transfer them to a new computer.<\/p>\n

In this article, I explain how to easily backup Outlook mail messages and then restore (or transfer) them to another Windows-based computer.<\/p>\n

Part 1: Backup Outlook Mail Messages<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Click Start, and then click the Control Panel.\n<\/li>\n
  2. In the upper right corner of the Control Panel, click the pull-down menu and choose Small Icons<\/strong>. Double-click on Mail<\/strong>.\n

    \"control-panel\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. The Mail Setup window should be open now. Click on the the Data Files<\/strong> button.\n

    \"mail-setup\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. In the Account settings window, select a mail account (in case of multiple ones) and click on the Open Folder<\/strong> button.\n

    \"open-pst-folder\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Windows Explorer will open to the Outlook .PST file that contains mail messages for your selected mail account.\n

    \"backup-pst-file\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. With Outlook closed and the folder open, copy the .PST file to a safe location, such as an external hard drive. Better yet, make sure that your regular backup routine includes this folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Part 2: Restore Outlook Mail Messages<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Here is how to import the .PST file back into Outlook to gain access to your mail messages again.<\/p>\n

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    1. In Outlook application, click the File<\/strong> menu. Navigate to the Open<\/strong> sub-menu, then click Outlook Data File<\/strong>.\n

      \"import-outlook-pst\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. Navigate to wherever your .PST file is located. Select the PST file you backed up previously and click OK<\/strong>.\n

      \"choose-backup-pst\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Once restored, you’ll be able to browse and view all items including mail messages inside your selected PST file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      When you use Microsoft Outlook as your email client, your email messages, contacts, appointments, task, notes are automatically saved in a personal storage folder (also known as a .pst file). Backing up your Outlook data is an important job especially if your computer crashes or if your want to transfer them to a new computer. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[2045,2046,2048,2047],"class_list":["post-4526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-backup-outlook-email","tag-backup-outlook-mail-message","tag-import-outlook-pst","tag-restore-outlook-mail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4526"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4540,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526\/revisions\/4540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}