C Disc recovery at Year End

I am currently using the Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit operating system.
At the end of this year, I would like to do a full C Disk recovery to get
rid of some old garbage and inactive programs. I have the original
installation discs for all my Microsoft applications and other programs. I
have also backed up other files so I can reinstall them. I do have some
e-mail files, however, in Microsoft Office Outlook from family members that
I would like to bring over to next year but I cannot find them to copy. They
are currently in separate folders in my Outlook "In Box". I cannot seem to
find them, however, on the C Drive. The application folder reads "empty".
Your suggestions and help would be much appreciated.

Gene L

'Outlook Backup Tutorial'
(http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/outlook.htm)

this is for outlook 2007. for other versions, click the links at the
top of the page.


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kword88

also, after creating a backup, TEST IT.


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kword88

"Gene L." <elieve@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:eI%23LD%23MeKHA.5180@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I am currently using the Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit operating
>system. At the end of this year, I would like to do a full C Disk recovery
>to get rid of some old garbage and inactive programs. I have the original
>installation discs for all my Microsoft applications and other programs. I
>have also backed up other files so I can reinstall them. I do have some
>e-mail files, however, in Microsoft Office Outlook from family members that
>I would like to bring over to next year but I cannot find them to copy.
>They are currently in separate folders in my Outlook "In Box". I cannot
>seem to find them, however, on the C Drive. The application folder reads
>"empty". Your suggestions and help would be much appreciated.
>
> Gene L

Thank you for the tutorial reference but after I burn the e-mail to a DVD I
cannot open it to check it because it is not "An Adobe" file. I don't know
how Adobe is involved although one of the e-mails had an adobe file as a
subject.
What am I doing incorrectly?

did the backup that you burned have a ".pst" file extension? if not, you
did something wrong. if so, then just follow the instructions for
restoring from a backup. you cant just open a pst file like you would a
regular file. these may help also:

'Download details: Outlook 2007/2003/2002 Add-in: Personal Folders
Backup'
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en)

'How to manage .pst files in Outlook 2007, in Outlook 2003, and in
Outlook 2002' (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287070)


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kword88