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Outlook Personal Folders Backup

As an addendum to the December 2002 column ("Take Control of Your In-Box and Address Book"), reader Vinny Insinga of Manhasset, New York, offers yet another backup tip for Outlook. Insinga recommends Microsoft's nifty, free Outlook add-in called Personal Folders Backup, which backs up the app's .pst files. Personal Folders Backup works with Outlook 2000 and 2002 and will prompt you to back up your .pst files at the frequency and to the location you specify. Besides backing up your main .pst file, the add-in gives you the choice of backing up any other .pst files stored in the same folder.

Point your browser to Microsoft Outlook Download Center to download the 175KB utility and to look at Microsoft's complete instructions for installing, using, and removing Personal Folders Backup.

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