"Yesterday, my system gets corrupted and all the crucial data that has been lost. In the absence of data backup, my all important work gets lost and I have lost massive amounts of data including emails. So, kindly suggest me a reliable and quick method to save emails from Outlook to the hard drive in a proper way. Thank you in advance"
In Today's arena, most of the users generally prefer to save all the information on their computer hard drive. Moreover, data is very crucial and everyone has the responsibility to preserve the valuable data with proper backup. In any organization, backup is considered as a good savior who had lost the original file. With backing up, the users can easily save Outlook emails to an external hard drive without any data loss. Therefore, in the upcoming section, we are going to discuss different measures that will help to save Outlook data file to the disk or hard drive.
In Today's arena, most of the users generally prefer to save all the information on their computer hard drive. Moreover, data is very crucial and everyone has the responsibility to preserve the valuable data with proper backup. In any organization, backup is considered as a good savior who had lost the original file. With backing up, the users can easily save Outlook emails to an external hard drive without any data loss. Therefore, in the upcoming section, we are going to discuss different measures that will help to save Outlook data file to the disk or hard drive.
Two Methods to Save Outlook Folder to Hard Drive
Go through the following methods that will help to take backup of Outlook emails to your hard drive. Follow these steps to perform this task with an ease:Measure 1: Export & Backup Outlook data files (.ost/ .pst)
This is a straightforward way to export and backup emails from Outlook application. Here are some steps to move emails from Outlook to external hard drive. Let's have a look:- First, Open and Login Microsoft Outlook email account. Go to File menu and click the Open button and Export followed by Import/Export option
- In Import and Export Wizard dialog, click on Export to a File and press Next button Select Outlook .pst file in Outlook 2010/ 2013 or Personal folder file (PST) in Outlook 2007 and again, click the Next button
- Since you must take backup Outlook on an external hard drive, connect the drive to your desktop. In case, any dialog box will appear to save on other specific location, click the Cancel button
- Choose the Browse option to select the desired location for the hard drive from the available list and enter the name for Outlook backup.
- Then, Click Ok button Now, your PST files are saved to external drive successfully.
Measure 2: Copy Outlook PST or OST file to Flash Drive
First, you have to find the location of Outlook emails on your computer and copy to backup Outlook PST or OST data files manually. Now, you can perform further steps to accomplish the whole task:- Check the particular location where MS Outlook saves email messages. Login Microsoft Outlook account and click on Account Settings
- Select all data files and verify the exact location of PST or OST files on your computer system
- In Windows Explorer, Open PST or OST file and click the Open File Location
- Next, Copy the Outlook data files (PST/OST) to internal or external drive and follow the accurate path to search the saved files on your system
- Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog and then, type: %APPDATA% in the search field. Press OK button
- Navigate to the destination location where Outlook saves the PST or OST data files:
Drive:\Users\\Update\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
Drive:\Users\\Roaming\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
Drive:\Users\\Documents\Outlook Files
Drive:\Users\\My Documents\Outlook Files
Drive:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook - Now, you can exactly copy the PST or OST files to your local disk or external hard drive as the backup. Make sure follow each and every manual step very carefully.
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