On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:15:25 -0400, "Nate Rosenthal"
wrote:

I have been using outlook for my business and basically store important
emails and attachments in it. What is the best way to create a backup for
safekeeping?

I have just starting using Outlook, and have followed the back up
threads with interest.

Let me make sure of something: everyone says the backup utility in
Outlook is great.

But, an here is the big BUT, has anyone who has used the backup
utility completely lost a hard drive, had to install Outlook from
scratch, and then was able to restore and use the data files produced
by the Outlook backup utility?

I live in a very lightning prone area, and despite having very good
UPSs, about once every three years I lose a hard drive due to power
fluctuations caused by lightning, or at least I think that is what is
happening.

At any rate, I do lose a hard drive once every three years.

I have been using Lotus Notes, and Notes uses a nsf file to hold mail,
calendar, etc. Only once have I had to completely restore a mail
file, but it worked well with Notes. I simply installed Notes on a
new drive, loaded up my back up copy of the mail file, or nsf, and,
viola, everything worked like a champ.

Now that I have seen the light, and have moved over to Outlook, which
I like a lot by the way, I want to make sure BEFORE I have to restore
a file, that I do the proper steps to having a good backup file.

Any thoughts, tips, etc, would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

JAF
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