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What am I missing? Why is outlook always such a PITA to backup and restore?

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Bruno747
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2015/02/28 10:50:08 (permalink)
Once again I am working on a computer for a friend and they are of course one of those digital packrats that have 10 email accounts in outlook each with 50 folders. 
 
One would think that the process would be simple. Export everything to pst's, import everything on the new machine and tell it not to import duplicates.
 
Nope, duplicates galore, messages missing, folder structure messed up, and PST file not the same size as the original. 
 
Every...single...time I work with outlook, unless its a full exchange environment, problems just spring out of the ground. Anyone have a rock solid process for backing up and restoring outlook emails. What am I missing that this has to be such a hassle every time I am asked to do it.

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    Re: What am I missing? Why is outlook always such a PITA to backup and restore? 2015/03/01 19:06:03 (permalink)
    Have you tried to click "Do not export duplicate items: Existing data will be kept, and the duplicate information in the folder will not be copied to the backup file." Under Save exported file. There are 3 check boxes
    • Replace duplicates with items exported: Existing data will be overwritten with the information in the file being exported.
    • Allow duplicate items to be created: Existing data will not be overwritten, and duplicate information will be added to the backup file.
    • Do not export duplicate items: Existing data will be kept, and the duplicate information in the folder will not be copied to the backup file.
    Then Click Finish.
     

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    Re: What am I missing? Why is outlook always such a PITA to backup and restore? 2015/03/01 19:09:03 (permalink)
    Here is the link were I got it from: http://www.clemson.edu/ccit/email_accounts/email/exchange/HowTo/OL_ExportPSTOLM.html

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    Re: What am I missing? Why is outlook always such a PITA to backup and restore? 2015/03/01 19:19:55 (permalink)
    Simple Fix. Move them over to Outlook.Com and keep the email on their Servers.
    The Ad-free Outlook.com yearly subscription of $19.95 plus tax includes 10 Gigabytes of Outlook.com.
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    Re: What am I missing? Why is outlook always such a PITA to backup and restore? 2015/03/02 09:38:01 (permalink)
    I just dig the PSTs out and copy them to the new machine - then attach via Control Panel > Mail (32-bit) > Data Files.  Voila.
     
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