Its always been a mystery to me why Outlook and Outlook Express have no easy way to backup the important data you have. In both programs you have to go to File, Import/Export and go through eight or nine clicks to backup the data. Its not easy and its not intuitive. Why would Microsoft make it so hard to save your data? You have important contacts, calendar items and emails that you would hate to lose. In fact I would say that some users have no more valuable data on their PC then their Outlook information. Every other program (not from Microsoft) have great backup features. Intuit programs (Quicken, QuickBooks) do a great job of reminding you when to back up and giving you control of where to backup. I've never got an answer that makes sense from Microsoft.
A couple of weeks ago I discovered an add in program from Microsoft that actually puts a Backup button on your Outlook File menu bar. (Sorry no such luck for Outlook Express users) Now it isn't the easiest program to add in so if you use Outlook and want a better way to backup your data click here: Outlook Backup Follow the directions and 2 downloads to make it work. Then pick your destination directory (we made a new Outlook Backup folder in our My Documents folder). Now why this isn't standard in Office and not a download is beyond me. Let me know how it goes!
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