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Microsoft Outlook files to flash drive?

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by oo0redjuicy0oo

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I bounce around from office to office. I need to save my scheduled appointments that are in Outlook to my USB flash drive. I just simply cannot figure out how to do it. I succesfully got my files with client phone numbers on there, but don't know how to get my schedules. Can anyone HELP PLEASE!!!!

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by thumbsup2

Downloadable from http://officeupdate.microsoft.com then go to downloads and search for "PST Backup".

When first run, you can tell it where to perform the backup to. Afterwards, copy it to the flash drive. You might also want to backup any archive PST files.

The PST file contains everything from the LOCAL computer. If you're on an Exchange server though, you would need to have access to the server from where ever you're at.

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by boxfiddler Hot topic

as to why an add-on is necessary to export things to a .pst file in a location of one's choosing. I have been doing so without any add-on for quite a number of years. The Export function works quite well for this as long as one thinks to route the .pst export appropriately.
Is there something I am missing here?

by thumbsup2

.... is scheduled to run automatically, unattended, so it's really just a convenience thing. We have a lot of people who can't remember to do an export on a regular basis.

It creates an exact copy of the PST files, archives included, instead of the export feature which doesn't grab everything like folder locations and view settings. It runs as you shut down Outlook so the main files are not in use when they're backed up.

by boxfiddler Hot topic

A good thing to know. I'd give you a thumb if I could! :)

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