How to backup Outlook 2003
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Microsoft has released an add on component to Outlook 2003, which takes care of the backups for you.
Each backup contains all of your Outlook 2003 folders, including the Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts.
Important! This way of backing up your emails is not suitable for IMAP. Once email synchronization is set up you will need to use a different system of backup.
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Backup your emails in Outlook 2003
Follow these steps:
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Download the add on here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B081F3A-B7D0-4B16-B8AF-5A6322F4FD01&displaylang=en -
Read the instructions.
- Close Outlook 2003 if it is open.
- Install the add on by executing the downloaded file.
Just click your way through the installation choosing all the default values. - Start Outlook 2003 again.
- Go to File → Backup...

- Click Options...

- You can choose when you want to be reminded to make the next backup, which folders you wish to back up and where to store the backups.
Click OK.
- Click Save Backup.

- Click OK and close Outlook 2003 for the backup to take place.

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Restart Outlook 2003.
From our testing of Outlook 2010, it appears that Microsoft has ironed out many of the issues we found in Outlook 2007 and 2003. We recommend you consider upgrading to Outlook 2010.



