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Storing ALL outlook 2007 data on driver other than C:
Hello All,
I have installed Office 2007 on my both the machines with XP pro and Vista Home Premium. I know that by default all Outlook data is stored on C: Since I use SystemRestore options in the OS, if I ever restore my system to the previous point, I will lose all Outlook data after than point. To avoid this issue, I plan to move ALL (I really mean ALL, emails, contacts, Calendar, notes and whatever else that I am not yet aware of) away from C: [I plan to make Outlook folder on another drive which I can backup often] Searching on the web didn't lead to any conclusive results. Any suggestions for complete resolution of my question are gladly accepted. Many thanks in advance. |
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Storing ALL outlook 2007 data on driver other than C:
System restore has no impact on data, it only resets system files, any data
is not a system file, so your assuption/premiss is incorrect See win help for what system restore actuall does, or look on MS site So unless your data backup application is flawed theres no point, since you can include outlook data files in your current backup "teejay" wrote in message ... Hello All, I have installed Office 2007 on my both the machines with XP pro and Vista Home Premium. I know that by default all Outlook data is stored on C: Since I use SystemRestore options in the OS, if I ever restore my system to the previous point, I will lose all Outlook data after than point. To avoid this issue, I plan to move ALL (I really mean ALL, emails, contacts, Calendar, notes and whatever else that I am not yet aware of) away from C: [I plan to make Outlook folder on another drive which I can backup often] Searching on the web didn't lead to any conclusive results. Any suggestions for complete resolution of my question are gladly accepted. Many thanks in advance. |
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Storing ALL outlook 2007 data on driver other than C:
Hy Teejay,
this site should be helpfull: How to move the Outlook PST file to a new location: http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm All your emails, contacts, calandars etc. are stored in one file, normally named as outlook.PST. -- Oliver Vukovics Outlook im Netzwerk ohne Exchange (Vista Ready): Public ShareFolder Erinnerungen aus allen Outlook / Exchange Ordnern: Public Reminder Add-In http://www.publicshareware.de "teejay" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hello All, I have installed Office 2007 on my both the machines with XP pro and Vista Home Premium. I know that by default all Outlook data is stored on C: Since I use SystemRestore options in the OS, if I ever restore my system to the previous point, I will lose all Outlook data after than point. To avoid this issue, I plan to move ALL (I really mean ALL, emails, contacts, Calendar, notes and whatever else that I am not yet aware of) away from C: [I plan to make Outlook folder on another drive which I can backup often] Searching on the web didn't lead to any conclusive results. Any suggestions for complete resolution of my question are gladly accepted. Many thanks in advance. |
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Storing ALL outlook 2007 data on driver other than C:
In fact, my understanding was exactly what you said that System restore only
restores system files. To make myself sure that my understanding is right, I made a restore point and then installed few applications, copied some data on the desktop, used computer for surfing for a day, installed firefox add-ons etc. Then I used system restore option and everything was gone. This hinted me that my understanding of system restore that it restores only system files is wrong and it restores the whole drive. (I don't really know if there is an option of just restoring OS, except the factory settings as provided by the PC manufacturer) As far as backup software is concerned, I use free version of Syncback and there has been no problem with it whatsoever. I prefer to have distinct backups as opposed to the whole drive backup. Hence, I prefer to have a separate folder of all outlooks data (either single file or multiple files) thats easy to backup. "DL" wrote: System restore has no impact on data, it only resets system files, any data is not a system file, so your assuption/premiss is incorrect See win help for what system restore actuall does, or look on MS site So unless your data backup application is flawed theres no point, since you can include outlook data files in your current backup "teejay" wrote in message ... Hello All, I have installed Office 2007 on my both the machines with XP pro and Vista Home Premium. I know that by default all Outlook data is stored on C: Since I use SystemRestore options in the OS, if I ever restore my system to the previous point, I will lose all Outlook data after than point. To avoid this issue, I plan to move ALL (I really mean ALL, emails, contacts, Calendar, notes and whatever else that I am not yet aware of) away from C: [I plan to make Outlook folder on another drive which I can backup often] Searching on the web didn't lead to any conclusive results. Any suggestions for complete resolution of my question are gladly accepted. Many thanks in advance. |
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Storing ALL outlook 2007 data on driver other than C:
Hello Oliver,
I will try to follow the link that you provided. I am planning to import my GMail in Outlook as well (Repeated Gmail outage are painful, I have been a victim twice so far) so I will use IMAP protocol, Good that the link also has info on moving IMAP folders. Thanks. Still anybody has any other suggestions, its most welcome. "Oliver Vukovics" wrote: Hy Teejay, this site should be helpfull: How to move the Outlook PST file to a new location: http://www.slipstick.com/config/movepst.htm All your emails, contacts, calandars etc. are stored in one file, normally named as outlook.PST. -- Oliver Vukovics Outlook im Netzwerk ohne Exchange (Vista Ready): Public ShareFolder Erinnerungen aus allen Outlook / Exchange Ordnern: Public Reminder Add-In http://www.publicshareware.de "teejay" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hello All, I have installed Office 2007 on my both the machines with XP pro and Vista Home Premium. I know that by default all Outlook data is stored on C: Since I use SystemRestore options in the OS, if I ever restore my system to the previous point, I will lose all Outlook data after than point. To avoid this issue, I plan to move ALL (I really mean ALL, emails, contacts, Calendar, notes and whatever else that I am not yet aware of) away from C: [I plan to make Outlook folder on another drive which I can backup often] Searching on the web didn't lead to any conclusive results. Any suggestions for complete resolution of my question are gladly accepted. Many thanks in advance. |
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Storing ALL outlook 2007 data on driver other than C:
"teejay" wrote in message
... In fact, my understanding was exactly what you said that System restore only restores system files. To make myself sure that my understanding is right, I made a restore point and then installed few applications, copied some data on the desktop, used computer for surfing for a day, installed firefox add-ons etc. Then I used system restore option and everything was gone. This hinted me that my understanding of system restore that it restores only system files is wrong and it restores the whole drive. This is not correct. It does not restore the whole drive. It does, however, restore the registry and system files so if you installed a program, evidence in the registry that you installed it would be erased. Data in the volitile portions of your Windows profile (C:\Documents and Settings\yourname) won't be touched, hoewever, and that's where your Outlook data resides. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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