Backup is an operation to store the selected Outlook Express data into the specified file on the disk.
Figure 5: Backup operation.
At first you should select the identity (Figure 5; Pos 1) and check all parts (Figure 5; Pos 2) that you want to backup. Then select a file where the backup data will be stored (Figure 5; Pos 3). After that press Backup button (Figure 5; Pos 4) to perform the operation. Also you can write a brief description (Figure 5; Pos 5) to mark a backup data.
Outlook Express have to be closed during the backup procedure. If it is running, you'll get a warning message. Please close Outlook Express or other programs that use OE (MS Messenger, etc.), and wait until the operation will end.
You will get Operation completed message after the backup was completed successfully, unless the procedure has been canceled or some serious errors occurred. If you get Operation canceled message at the end of the procedure your backup data is invalid, please check if you have enough free space on you disk and redo the backup procedure.