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October 5th, 2009, 08:48 PM
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I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my
calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file (.pst), calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export duplicate items". The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size. It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do? 
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October 5th, 2009, 08:55 PM
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Oops, I mean to say in the last paragraph was:
It doesn't appear that the process I am using IS exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. "Biko1" wrote: I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file (.pst), calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export duplicate items". The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size. It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do?
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October 5th, 2009, 09:04 PM
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Also, I will add that I have tried to locate the .pst file using the
following instructions: For Windows Vista the default is; C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outloo k\ I can't find AppData This is why I resorted to trying Export which obviously does't work. "Biko1" wrote: Oops, I mean to say in the last paragraph was: It doesn't appear that the process I am using IS exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. "Biko1" wrote: I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file (.pst), calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export duplicate items". The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size. It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do?
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October 6th, 2009, 01:28 PM
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"Biko1" wrote in message
... I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file (.pst), calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export duplicate items". The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size. It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do? Do not use export attempting to make a backup. Just close Outlook and copy the PST. http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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October 6th, 2009, 03:19 PM
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Brian, I was able to locate the file in AppData by opting to see hidden files
and when I save the .pst file, it was about 1009 KB. However, when I added a lot of data to the calendar, the .pst file size stayed the same - i.e. it doesn't seem to be saving the additional data. Yet, when I look at the calendar file size by clicking on the Personal Folders, Outlook Today bar, the calendar file size has increased. Why doesn't the size of the .pst file increase. It appears to the novice, like myself, that the new data is not being saved in the .pst file. What's going on? "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "Biko1" wrote in message ... I am trying to backup up my calendar on my new computer (I lost all my calendar entries earlier this summer due to a hard drive crash). I tried going to files, import export, export to a file, personal folder file (.pst), calendar, browed for a location to store the file, and chose "do not export duplicate items". The file is about 760 KB. I went into Outlook Calendar and added a lot of text to one calendar entry and saved it. Then I used the same procedure above to save the .pst file. The resulting file was exactly the same size. It doesn't appear that the process I am using exporting all the data from my calendar that I want saved in case of another crash. What do I do? Do not use export attempting to make a backup. Just close Outlook and copy the PST. http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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October 6th, 2009, 06:18 PM
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"Biko1" wrote in message
... Brian, I was able to locate the file in AppData by opting to see hidden files and when I save the .pst file, it was about 1009 KB. However, when I added a lot of data to the calendar, the .pst file size stayed the same - i.e. it doesn't seem to be saving the additional data. Yet, when I look at the calendar file size by clicking on the Personal Folders, Outlook Today bar, the calendar file size has increased. Why doesn't the size of the .pst file increase. It appears to the novice, like myself, that the new data is not being saved in the .pst file. What's going on? The PST is a database. Databases, over time, accumulate what's called "white space". This is space taken by records that have been deleted. The unused space remains in the file and available for reuse. it is not returned to the file system except under specific conditions. If you add items to one of Outlook's folders but the PST doesn't grow, then it;s likely you're reusing white space. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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