Backup Your Email Address Book - Video Tip

You can back up your address book very simply to a floppy disk or USB Flash drive and the heartache it has the potential to prevent far outweighs the thirty seconds it takes to complete the task. Follow these steps depending on the program you use:

 Outlook Express Windows Mail Users

1. Insert USB Flash Drive
2. Start Outlook Express 
   
3. Click the Address Book icon from the toolbar.
4. Click File --> Export --> Other Address Book from the menus
5. Choose the Text (CSV) option
6. Click Next
   
7. Click in the Save In box and choose your flash drive
8. Type "address book backup" in the File name box
9. Click Save
10. Click OK after backup completes
11. Pull out your disk, label it and keep it someplace safe

Windows Mail Users(Vista)

1. Insert USB Flash Drive
2. Start Windows Mail
   
3. Click File --> Export --> Windows Contacts from the menus
4. Choose CSV option
5. Click Export
   
6. Click in the Browse button and choose your flash drive
7. Type "address book backup" in the File name box
8. Click Save
9. Click Next
10. Put a checkmark in the First and Last Name fields
11. Click Finish
    
12. Click OK after backup completes
13. Pull out your disk, label it and keep it someplace safe

Thunderbird Users

1. Insert a USB Flash Drive
2. Start Thunderbird
3. Click Window --> Address book from the menus
4. Click File --> Export
5. Click in the Save In box and choose your flash drive
6. Type "address book backup" in the File name box
7. Click Save
8. Pull out the disk, label it and keep it someplace safe

AOL Users

Version less than 6.0, Start AOL, open the address book, insert a floppy or USB flash drive and use the "Save/Replace" button to save your address book.

Versions greater than 6.0 do not have the option of saving to a floppy because the address book is actually saved on AOL's computers.

Juno Users

Refer to the instructions at Juno's web site for details if you are using Juno 5.0 or earlier. Juno Platinum users can retrieve email in Outlook Express and use the instructions above.

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