Backup Outlook Files Windows 7

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When an Outlook app is installed on your computer, you can use it to move email, contacts, and calendar items from one email account to another.

For example, let's say you have an Office 365 mailbox and a Gmail account. You can add both of them to Outlook. Then, you can use Outlook to export items from your Gmail account and import them to your Office 365 mailbox.

Export items by creating a .pst file. This Outlook Data File contains your messages and other Outlook items, and is saved on your computer. To learn how to import items after you export them, see Import email, contacts, and calendar from an Outlook .pst file.

The backup tool in Windows 7 will smartly backup the C:/Users/User/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Outlook/ folder's PST files. Except for users like me using the Outlook connector, the meat is kept in an OST file (offline outlook cache file) while the PST file is a paltry few kilobytes of nothingness. Learn the easy-to-follow steps to backup and restore the PST files of Microsoft® Outlook 2007 in your Windows® 7 based PC. Content in this video is provided on an 'as is' basis with no express.

Utility to backup Windows 7 Outlook files: Yodot Backup Outlook PST program is the perfect choice to take backup of Outlook files on Windows 7 PC. It can backup emails, attachments, calendar, notes, signatures, rules, alerts, tasks, profile setting, etc. It can automatically backup PST file. If we backup the OST files on the computer, after restoring it by using the backup files, it will affect the computer stability and Outlook stability. If the computer restore it by using the old backup files, when starting Outlook, it will detect the computer has a old version, it will force you to delete the backup one, and then it will regenerate a new one on the computer.

Export email, contacts, and calendar items from Outlook to a .pst file

By default, an Microsoft Outlook PST file is located at: “C: Users AppData Local MicrosoftOutlook” under Windows 7 or Vista and at: C: Documents and Settings Local Settings Application Data Microsoft Outlook under Windows XP. To learn the exact location of your PST file go to “Tools””Options””Mail Setup””Data Files” in case you are using Outlook 2002 to 2007. Steps to take backup of Outlook files in Windows 7 using backup tool: Download Yodot Backup Outlook PST tool on Windows 7 computer and install it. After launching the tool, wait for main screen to pop up with three options – ‘Backup’. Click on ‘Backup’ option and next window comes up with two. Backing up Outlook Data. You don’t have to back up ost-files. IMAP accounts in Outlook 2013 and later are a special case. Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.

Choose from the following list of export instructions.

Office 365: Export from your Office 365 mailbox to a .pst file

Add your Office 365 email account to an Outlook app, such as Outlook or Office 365, Outlook 2016, or 2013. Then, you can use Outlook to move email, contacts, and calendar items into your Office 365 mailbox.

1. Add your 'source' email account to Outlook. For example, you might add your Gmail account to Outlook 2016. Wait a bit for all of your email and contacts to show up.

2. Add your Office 365 email account to Outlook. After you do this, Outlook will automatically sync with Office 365. You'll see the contents of your Office 365 mailbox appear in Outlook.

3. Choose from the export instructions to export your email from the source account to a .pst file.

   For example, if you have Outlook 2016, choose Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016: Export Outlook items from a .pst file.

4. For example, if you have Outlook 2010, choose Outlook 2010: Export Outlook items to a .pst file.

After your email data is exported to a .pst file, it's portable! You can import it to other email accounts. If you want to do this using Outlook, see Import email, contacts, and calendar from an Outlook .pst file.

Outlook without Office 365: Export Outlook items to a .pst file

1. At the top of your Outlook ribbon, choose File.

   If your ribbon doesn't have a File option in the top left corner, see What version of Outlook do I have? to determine your version of Outlook and find the appropriate export instructions.

2. Choose Open & Export > Import/Export.

3. Choose Export to a file.

4. Click Outlook Data File (.pst)> Next.

5. Select the name of the email account to export, as shown in the picture below. Only information for one account can be exported at a time.

   Make sure that the Include subfolders check box is selected. This ensures that everything in the account will be exported: Calendar, Contacts, and Inbox. Choose Next.

6. Click Browse to select where to save the Outlook Data File (.pst). Enter a file name, and choose OK to continue.

   Note: If you’ve used export before, the previous folder location and file name appear. Type a different file name before choosing OK.

7. If you are exporting to an existing Outlook Data File (.pst), under Options, specify what to do when exporting items that already exist in the file.

8. Choose Finish.

9. Outlook begins the export immediately unless a new Outlook Data File (.pst) is created or a password-protected file is used.

   • If you’re creating an Outlook Data File (.pst), an optional password can help protect the file. When the Create Outlook Data File dialog box appears, enter the password in the Password and Verify Password boxes, and choose OK. In the Outlook Data File Password dialog box, enter the password, and choose OK.

   • If you’re exporting to an existing Outlook Data File (.pst) that is password protected, in the Outlook Data File Password dialog box, enter the password, then choose OK.

Now that your Outlook data is in a .pst file, it's portable. You can save the .pst file to OneDrive, then download it to your new computer. You can also save to a portable drive, then import your email, contacts, and calendar to Outlook.

Outlook 2010: Export Outlook items to a .pst file

1. At the top of your Outlook ribbon, choose the File tab.

   If your ribbon doesn't have a File option in the top left corner, see What version of Outlook do I have? to determine your version of Outlook and to get to the right export instructions.

2. Choose Options.

3. In the Outlook Options box, choose Advanced.

4. Under the Export section, choose Export.

5. Choose Export to a file, then Next.

6. Choose Outlook Data File (.pst), then Next.

7. Select the name of the email account to export, as shown in the picture below. Only information for one account can be exported at a time.

   Make sure that the Include subfolders check box is selected. This ensures that everything will be exported: Calendar, Contacts, and Inbox. Choose Next.

8. Choose Browse to select where you want to save the Outlook Data File (.pst) and to enter a file name. Select OK to continue.

   Note: If you have previously used the export feature, the previous folder location and file name appear. Make sure that you change the file name if you want to create a new file instead of using the existing file.

9. If you are exporting to an existing Outlook Data File (.pst), under Options, specify what to do when exporting items that already exist in the file.

10. Choose Finish.

11. The export begins immediately unless a new Outlook Data File (.pst) is created, or if the export is to an existing file that is password protected.

    • If you are creating a new Outlook Data File (.pst), an optional password can help protect the file. When the Create Outlook Data File dialog box appears, enter the password in the Password and Verify Password boxes, and then choose OK. In the Outlook Data File Password dialog box, enter the password, then choose OK.

    • If you are exporting to an existing Outlook Data File (.pst) that is password protected, in the Outlook Data File Password dialog box, enter the password, and then choose OK.

Now that your Outlook data is in a .pst file, it's portable. Save the .pst file to OneDrive, then download it to your new computer. Save it to a portable drive to carry anywhere, then import your email, contacts, and calendar to Outlook.

Outlook 2007: Export Outlook items to a .pst file

1. In Outlook 2007, at the top of your ribbon, choose File.

   If your ribbon doesn't have a File option in the top left corner, see What version of Outlook do I have? to determine your version of Outlook and to get to the right export instructions.

2. Choose Import and Export.

3. Select Export to a file, then choose Next.

4. Click Personal File Folder (.pst)> Next.

5. Select the name of the email account to export, as shown in the picture below. Only information for one account can be exported at a time.

   Make sure that the Include subfolders check box is selected. This ensures that everything in the account will be exported: Calendar, Contacts, and Inbox. Choose Next.

6. Choose Browse to select where you want to save the Outlook Data File (.pst) and to enter a file name. Select OK to continue.

   Note: If you have previously used the export feature, the previous folder location and file name appear. Make sure that you change the file name if you want to create a new file instead of using the existing file.

7. If you are exporting to an existing Outlook Data File (.pst), under Options, specify what to do when exporting items that already exist in the file.

8. Click Finish.

9. The export begins immediately, unless you're creating a new Outlook Data File (.pst) or exporting to an existing .pst file that is password protected. In those cases you'll get this dialog box:

   Choose OK if you don't want to password protect your file. Otherwise:

   • If you want to password protect your .pst file, enter the password in the Password and Verify Password boxes, and choose OK. In the Outlook Data File Password dialog box, enter the password, and choose OK.

   • If you are exporting to an existing Personal File Folder (.pst) that is password protected, in the Outlook Data File Password dialog box, enter the password, and then choose OK.

Now that your Outlook data is in a .pst file, it's portable. Save the .pst file to OneDrive, then download it to your new computer. Save it to a portable drive to carry anywhere, and then import your email, contacts, and calendar to Outlook.

What data is exported?

• When Outlook exports email, contacts, and calendar info to a .pst, it makes a copy of the information. Nothing leaves Outlook. You'll still see and have access to your email, contacts, and calendar in Outlook.

• When Outlook exports emails, it includes any attachments to the emails.

• Outlook does not export meta-data such as folder properties (views, permissions, and AutoArchive settings), message rules, and blocked senders lists.

Important: If you're using Cached Exchange Mode, Outlook will only export the items in your current cache. By default, your cache contains items from the past 12 months. To export more than the past 12 months of data, turn off Cached Exchange Mode first. For more information, see Turn Cached Exchange Mode on or off.

When should I export (backup)/import a .pst file?

• You want to move email from one email account to another email account:

  For example, let's say you have an old Yahoo email account, jakobsol77@yahoo.com, and you want to move your email to a new Office 365 email account, jakobsol78@contoso.com.

  Using Outlook on your desktop, add both accounts to Outlook. Wait for all of your email to appear (if you have a lot, this can be a long time). Then, use Outlook to export the email from your Yahoo account to a .pst file. Finally, import the .pst file to your Office 365 account.

• You're moving from PC to PC: You're moving your email from one computer with Outlook on it to another computer with Outlook on it. For example, let's say your old computer has Outlook 2007 and you just got a new computer with Outlook 2016. Export your email data from Outlook 2007 (described in this article) and import it to Outlook 2016.

• You're moving from PC to Mac: Transfer email from Outlook on a PC by importing to Outlook 2016 on a Mac.

• You want periodic backups: You can periodically backup all of your email, contacts, and calendar to a safe place. After you create the .pst file, copy it to a safe location: a USB flash drive, another hard drive, or cloud storage such as OneDrive or Dropbox.

  There's no automated way to periodically backup everything (old and new). Auto-archive only backs up old items, and it moves them rather than making a copy.

• If you only want to backup your contacts, see Export contacts from Outlook to copy your contacts to a .csv file.

See Also

Did you recently get a new Outlook email account, or switch from one computer to a new machine? Want to transfer Outlook mail, contacts, calendar, notes or other data to your new account or computer?

If you created an Outlook backup file using a PC (.pst file), this simple process will help you import all your data.

Note: Unfortunately, Outlook 2016 for Windows does not support backups created using Outlook for Mac (.olm files), according to Microsoft, so you cannot import Outlook backups created on an Apple computer into the Windows software.

How to import an Outlook backup .pst file

1. Open your Outlook 2016 for Windows desktop app.
2. Click the File tab at the top-left of the screen.

3. Scroll down the blue vertical column along the left side of your display and choose Open & Export.

4. Click the Import/Export box, which is the third box from the top. It contains one blue arrow and one green arrow, pointing in opposite directions.

5. When you see the Import and Export Wizard pop-up box, select Import from another program or file.

6. Click Next.

7. Choose Outlook Data File (.pst).

8. Click Next.
9. Hit the Browse button and navigate to the location where your .pst Outlook data file is stored.

10. Select your backup file and click Open.

11. Next you see options that let you manage duplicate items, if you already saved Outlook backup archives in the past.

    • Replace duplicates with items imported overwrites any existing duplicate data with the new data
    • Allow duplicates to be created does not overwrite any existing data and imports new data, even if it's the same.

    • Do not import duplicates detects duplicate information and does not import any data that already exist.

12. Choose the option you want and hit Next.

13. Select the folder you want to import.

    • If you want to import all the contents of the .pst backup, select Outlook Data File.

    • If you only want to import a specific folder within the .pst file, click the arrow-shaped caret to the left of the word Outlook Data File to open a drop-down menu with a list of folders to choose from. (Note: You can only import one individual folder from the drop-down menu at a time.)

    • Use the Filter button below the vertical menu options to access advanced import filtering features. You could, for example, use the filter to import only messages include the words 'Windows Central.' Or you could choose to import only your unread messages

14. Ensure the Include subfolders box is checked, unless you do not want to import all subfolders within a selected folder.
15. Choose where you want to the new data to live, via the Import items into the current folder or Import items in the same folder in: options.
    • If you select the Import items in the same folder in: option, you must choose the Outlook account you want to import to from the drop-down menu below that option.
16. When you've selected all the settings you want and are ready to import, click Finish.
17. Go get a steaming cup of coffee (or a chilly beer), sit back and relax. The import process could take a while, depending on the size of your .pst backup file.

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