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Outlook.pst), you can back it up manually, in the following manner: In order to protect your Outlook data file (i.e.

As mentioned above, a copy of the Outlook mailbox data including emails, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, and everything else associated with your Outlook account is stored locally, i.e. MS Outlook is quite secure and therefore, the most preferred email client app for Windows computers. With this post, I am going to enlighten a number of different ways in which you can back up your Outlook mailbox data, and you can choose any of the following efficient and risk free ways: Manual Backup Well, you are absolutely right that Outlook.pst file stored locally might get corrupt due to virus infection and many other causes. You must be wondering that if mailbox data is stored on the local computer, then it must be under the threats of unauthorized user access, virus or malware infections, and other random issues causing database corruption. Where %username% is the name of the user account on your computer you are logged in with. “C:/Users/%username%/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Outlook/”

In contrast, the location of the Outlook.pst file in Windows 7 and Vista is a bit different, i.e. “C:/Documents and Settings/%username%/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Outlook/” In case you still own a Windows XP based machine, you can find it at the following location: Well, the name of the local copy of the Outlook data file is Outlook.pst, which is located in the default install folder of your computer. Anyway, a copy of each original email message is still available in your mailbox. In fact, based on email download protocol (IMAP or POP3), original email messages may or may not be located on server, once it is downloaded to your computer. As you know that MS Outlook is the most preferred desktop email client app, it stores a copy of user’s mailbox data on the local computer apart from the original one is stored on the email server.