Outlook-Express-Backup-Address-Book

Losing your address book can range from an annoyance (having to type them all back in) to a major devastating loss! This could be, that your address book was the only place you had important e-mail, phone numbers stored!

How do you back up addresses?

1. Print them out!

This may sound sort of "simple", but at least you have them! And secondly, you can use them when your computer is off! For detailed instructions on printing your address book.

2. "Export" your address Book

Exporting is actually writing a copy of your address book, and you can select where to write it. I frequently export my address book to My Documents folder, because I have a scheduled backup operation that backs up My Documents.

But I also "export" my address book to an external hard drive directly, and occasionally export it a CD.

You could also export to a USB Flash Drive.

How to Export an Address Book (Outlook Express)

1. Open Outlook Express

2. Click on File - Export - Address Book

3. You'll get the box below, then highlght Text File (Comma Separated Values)

4. Click on Export

5. You'll get this box below, where we can select where to put the exported address book

6. Now click on browse

7. You will get an image similar to one below, which will show you the devices on your computer.

I will select OneTouch4 Mini (E:) , which is my external Hard Drive.

You would select your USB Drive, or maybe your My Documents Folder, or even possibly you DVD-Ram drive or CD drive, to write a disk!

8. Type a name in the File name: box

I chose the name address-book-8-27-9.

9. Now click Save

Note: By putting the date in the name, you can keep multiple copies on your storage device.

This can be helpful, because you may have an address in an older copy, that has since become lost!

I know, because "I've been there, done that!"