Steps to Back up Your Outlook Express Mailbox Items

Outlook Express maintains an individual .dbx file for every folder present in its mailbox. These .dbx files are stored on the hard drive of your computer inside the ‘Store Folder’. That means the ‘Store Folder’ is the repository of your entire mailbox content on the local hard drive. Along with the backup of your other valuable data, it is recommended to maintain the backup copy of your ‘Store Folder’ or .dbx files as well. Many people ignore this and then, have to suffer the pain of loss of precious emails, contacts list, and other mailbox data when any unexpected situation like hard drive crash occurs.

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