| Backup Emails |
When you backup your work you should also include your emails if they contain important information. Each program has it's own folder/file which stores your email. In Outlook Express that folder is buried deep in about 7 layers of folders so it is easier to change where the emails are stored so you can find them quickly when doing a backup.
To do this- Create a new folder in My Documents (or anywhere you like) and call it Mail
- Open Outlook Express
- Click on the Tools menu then click on Options at the bottom
- In the pop up box, click the Maintenance Tab
- Click the Store Folder button - you may get a dialog box telling you where your current store location is, Click Change
- Navigate to your new Mail folder and Click OK
Whenever you do a backup, include the Mail folder
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| Backup Address Book |
This applies to Outlook Express but there is probably a similar feature in other email programmes.
- Open Outlook Express and click the icon for your address book (at the top) to open your address book
- Click on the File menu in the address book and then hover over Export...
- Click on Address Book
You will now be given the standard save dialog box so save your address book somewhere handy. I save mine in the Mail folder I created for storing mail. Outlook Express Address books are saved with the extension .wab and can be opened without having Outlook Express open.
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| Restore Email |
To restore email when using Outlook Express, after a loss, you can't just put the backed up file or folder back in it's original place, you have to "Import" the emails through the File menu and following a wizard. In Outlook Express this doesn't always seem to work.
There is a neat program called dbXtract which will extract the emails from the backed up file and save them as individual eml files. This used to be freeware but now costs $5.
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| Restore Address Book |
Similar to the backing up. Open your address book in Outlook Express and click the File menu, Hover over Import and then click on Address Book. Navigate to where you saved the copy.
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| Handy email programs |
So none of the above worked and you can't get your email back. Well you can still get to it with OE Viewer.
OEBackup is an easy way to backup all your Outlook Express emails, address book etc.
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| Backup Favourites | Internet Explorer Favourites folder location in WinXP is found under
- Local Disk c:
- Documents and Settings
- Your name
I can't remember where it was on Win98 but I think it was in the Windows folder on C:
Opera Bookmarks are stored in a file called Opera6.adr found in
- local disk c:
- Documents and Settings
- Your name
- Application Data
- Opera
- Opera 7
- Profile
Restoring favourites is the same as for email - you have to "Import" them
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| Backup Other Data |
For any program you use (including games), there will be a file or files that save your settings or scores etc. It is often a folder called Data and will be found in the
- Local Disk c:
- Program Files
- Program or Game name - this folder may come under the name of the maker of the program rather than the program name eg. Harmware makes sTile
- If you aren't sure what to backup, backup everything except the "program name.exe" file.
The help file provided with the program may tell you what you need to backup
Any file in the program folder with a .txt extension is quite safe to open and read.
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