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by ka3nbo1

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Gentlemen, my operating system is Windows XP and I have a dial-up modem and its speed is 56K. I use Internet Explorer exclusively - it is rare that I would use Outlook Express however I am told by the tech's where I have a service contract that my Outlook Express is CORRUPT and a quick restore is needed to solve the problem. Is there any way that I can save my address book (individual specific details) from being destroyed, my favorites, my documents, my music, any and all programs downloadedon this computer quickly, easily, and painlessly? If I have to document all this material by hand, I'll be here until I have a beard to my knees! In preparation for "future restorations" do you have any suggestions to back-up material so I do not have to worry about loosing it? The last time I did a quick restore, I lost 23 pages or details for several hundred people in my address book. See my fear and concern? There has to be a way to do this with all the technology available. Please help because I am not technically inclined so please simplify explanations. Denny. KA3NBO1@excite.com

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Windows XP, Press Start, All Programs, Accessaries, System Tools, Backup.... Use The Backup Utility To Backup All Valuables To An CD, Floppy, or Zip Drive. Here Is The Locations To Your Address Book Entries, Outlook Settings, Calender And Notebook Entries; These Area's And Files Below You Can Backup To Save Your Outlook Items................::::Outlook file locations
The following is a list of data store and configuration files used by Microsoft Outlook. Some of the folders might be hiddenfolders. To view them, double-click My Computer on your desktop, and then on the Tools menu, click Folder Options, click the View tab, and then click the Show hidden files and folder option.
.........More To Come..........Continued!

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All Files On Your Computer Ending As (.pab)= Personal Address Book And You Have Other Files Too Ending In .pst, .ost And ETC. There All Listed Above. This Is The Best Way I Know How To Recover And Save All My Outlook Information, Without Losing Them......... If Your Running Microsoft Outlook And Have A Problem With It, First Save These Files Ending In .pab And Thee Others First To A Disk Of Some Sort First, Then Open Microsoft Outlook, Atop Of Toolbar Click Help Scroll To Detect and Repair,Follow Instructions To Detecting Your Problem And Repairing Your Problem. Windows XP Microsoft Outlook Has Troubleshooting To Detecting To Repairing Itself That May Help You! ( But If You Just Want To Save Your Address Book And Reboot, You Can Do SoWith The Information Above! Good Luck And I Hope I Helped Out! Big Country!!!!!

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Outlook data files (.pst)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Local Settings\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Outlook

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NOTICE: THE FILES IN PERENTHESIS (.pst) ALL OF THESE HERE AND BELOW ARE ALL MICROSOFT OUTLOOK FILE ENDINGS!
NOTICE: WINDOWS XP IS NOT SHOWN, RIGHT! BUT WINDOWS 2000 IS! RIGHT! WINDOWS XP AND 2000 ARE BASICALLY THE SAME OPERATING SYSTEM, SO FOLLOW THE WINDOWS 2000 INSTRUCTIONS TO FIND THESE FILES AND BACKUP OR SAVE THE FILES TO DISK! BC!

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Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Offline Folders file (.ost)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Personal Address Book (.pab)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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Menu and view settings (.dat)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Outlook Bar shortcuts (.fav)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Default program settings (.inf)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Outlook contacts nicknames (.nick)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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Rules (.rwz)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Print styles (Outlprnt with no extension)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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Signatures (.rtf, .txt, .html)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

Stationary (.html)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Stationary

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Stationary

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Stationary

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Stationary

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Custom forms

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms

Dictionary (.txt)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof

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Templates (.oft)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

Send/Receive settings (.srs)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

WindowsNT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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Message (.msg, .htm, .rtf)

Windows 98: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows Me: drive:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows NT 4.0: drive:\Winnt\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows 2000: drive:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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I Hope All These Above ANSWERS Will Help You To Save Your Info, Sorry These Answers Had To Be Seperated In Different Answer Boxes, But Tech Republic, Only Allows Us To Leave 1,930 Characters To Our Answers, But My Answer Had Just Over 7,000 Characters, So I Had To Split Them Up! In Different Boxes. Good Luck And Hope This Helps You! BC!

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