Backup Your Outlook Data

Installing Foresight does very little to your Outlook data file (or Exchange data store), so the risk of something going wrong during installation is extremely slim.  However, it is always a good idea to backup your important data before installing any new software package. 

To backup your Outlook data:

1) Start Outlook.

2) Click on the File menu and Data File Management as shown below.

3) Click on Open Folder.

Note: if no data files are displayed in the window above, then your data is being stored on an Exchange Server.  You can skip the rest of this proceedure.

4) This displays the folder that contains your Outlook data file.  It should look similar to the picture below.

5) Click on the Yellow Folder in the upper left-hand corner of this window, and then click Minimize.

6) Close the Outlook Data Files Window.

7) Close Outlook.

8) Wait approximately 30 seconds to allow Outlook to completely shut down.

9) Click on the folder that contains your Outlook data file, which is minimized at the bottom of your screen, similar to the picture below.

10) Your data file should still be highlighted (as shown below; if not, click on it once).  Click on the Edit menu and click Copy.

(Note: It is possible that your data file has a different name, in which case your highlighted file will have a different name.)

11) Click on the Edit menu again and click Paste.

12) You should now have an icon that says something similar to "Copy of Outlook."  Congratulations!  You have backed up your Outlook data.