How Manually Backup & Restore Your Outlook Express Email Data

Title : How Manually Backup & Restore Your Outlook Express Email Data.
Outlook Express Version : Outlook Express 5, 6, 7
Window Requirement : Windows XP Home / Processional SP1, SP2, SP3
Outlook Express Program Process name : msimn.exe

If you are use outlook express for your email marketing. And we know backup for our private / secret data is must important. Here is how manually,

Before Backup : we must enable HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS VIEW :- you must log on as administrative to work this

Open My Computer OR at Windows Explorer, at Top bar, Find and click "TOOLS - FOLDER OPTIONS - find and TICK "SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS", then press APPLY and OK

*** NOTE : if after press apply and ok, your HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS still not enable, THEN CONGRATULATION, your window have been affected by Virus which to auto disable your window HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS, Registry, MSconfig etc. (used related tools to remove it first, or find related article to solve this problem before proceed back up outlook express data)

Closed your outlook express before backup or restore, OR you can press "alt + ctrl + delete " at keyboard together to open WINDOWS TASK MANAGER to check "msimn.exe" whether process, if yes you should END PROCESS.

MANUAL BACKUP PROCEDURE :-
Go to your windows system drive (most is in C:\) ;
C:\ Document and Settings- YOUR CURRENT LOG ON ACCOUNT NAME - LOCAL SETTINS - APPLICATION DATA - IDENTITIES - then you can see one or more than one FOLDER name look like {07556f...-...} etc - MICROSOFT - OUTLOOK EXPRESS - then copy whole files, and BACKUP to your other drive, pendrive, external storage drive. DONE.

MANUAL RESTORE PROCEDURE :-
COPY whole outlook express files rom your backup data drive, then go to your windows system drive (most is in C:\);
C:\ Document and Settings- YOUR CURRENT LOG ON ACCOUNT NAME - LOCAL SETTINS - APPLICATION DATA - IDENTITIES - then you can see one or more than one FOLDER name look like {07556f...-...} etc - MICROSOFT - OUTLOOK EXPRESS - then PASTE at here. DONE.

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There have other method to backup your outlook express data, you can used Third party software, or backup / restore from your outlook express. But backup or restore from outlook express is taken HUGE TIME and will VERY SLOW if you have create a lot folder inside outlook express and a lot emails.


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