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
- Insert USB Flash Drive
- Start Outlook Express
- Click the Address Book icon from the toolbar.
- Click File --> Export --> Other Address Book from the menus
- Choose the Text (CSV) option
- Click Next
- Click in the Save In box and choose your flash drive
- Type "address book backup" in the File name box
- Click Save
- Click OK after backup completes
- Pull out your disk, label it and keep it someplace safe
Windows Mail Users(Vista)
- Insert USB Flash Drive
- Start Windows Mail
- Click File --> Export --> Windows Contacts from the menus
- Choose CSV option
- Click Export
- Click in the Browse button and choose your flash drive
- Type "address book backup" in the File name box
- Click Save
- Click Next
- Put a checkmark in the First and Last Name fields
- Click Finish
- Click OK after backup completes
- Pull out your disk, label it and keep it someplace safe
Thunderbird Users
- Insert a USB Flash Drive
- Start Thunderbird
- Click Window --> Address book from the menus
- Click File --> Export
- Click in the Save In box and choose your flash drive
- Type "address book backup" in the File name box
- Click Save
- 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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I tried to export my address book via your instructions and all worked fine except only the Main Identity folder exported...not any of the sub folders. I tried selecting one of those to export and still got the Main Identity only. What's happening?
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I have found that backing up mail and address book is the easy part. (In fact backing up, in general)
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