{"id":5077,"date":"2022-08-09T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sysconverter.com\/blog\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:50:47","slug":"backup-outlook-emails-to-usb-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sysconverter.com\/blog\/backup-outlook-emails-to-usb-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup Outlook Emails to USB Drive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I use the Outlook email client for my daily business purpose. Daily I receive thousands of emails that are related to my work and important to me. Thus I want to save them to my USB drive, however, I am not a technical person so I don’t know the process of backup Outlook emails to USB drive. Can anyone suggest to me a secure way to save Outlook emails to external drive?”<\/em><\/p>\n

The above-stated query is asked by many Outlook users. If you are among those who want to archive Outlook emails to external drive, then this article is for you. Read the complete article and save Outlook emails to USB stick with no data loss.<\/p>\n

Outlook<\/a> is an email client that is used by many people worldwide. However, there is an issue with Outlook. It uses disk space to store copies of the same emails in various folders. Thus it becomes difficult to find any particular data from the various folders. To solve this issue it is best to backup Outlook emails to USB drive. Additionally, archiving Outlook emails to external drive secure your crucial data.<\/p>\n

In this blog, we will discuss two workable solutions to copy Outlook emails to external drive with complete mailbox data. Without further delay, let’s move on and get on with the Outlook email backup process.<\/p>\n

Methods to Backup Outlook Emails to External Drive<\/h2>\n

If you want to archive Outlook emails, you can opt for a manual as well as an automated way to backup emails from Outlook and save them on the USB drive. Both methods are workable, however, with the manual method, you can face some restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t

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How to Backup Outlook Emails to USB Drive Manually?<\/h3>\n

Using Outlook Import\/Export Tool you can backup your Outlook mailbox data including emails, contacts, journals, etc. Follow the instructions and save Outlook emails to USB sticks.<\/p>\n

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  1. Open your Outlook application on your Windows OS system.<\/li>\n
  2. After that navigate to File >> Open & Export >> Import\/Export<\/strong>.\"Backup<\/li>\n
  3. Select the “Export to a File”<\/strong> option from the given list.<\/li>\n
  4. Now choose the “Outlook Data File (.pst)”<\/strong> or\u00a0 “Comma Separated Value”<\/strong> option according to your need.<\/li>\n
  5. Select the folders that you want to save from the mailbox.<\/li>\n
  6. Browse the location (plug in your USB drive and choose its location) to save exported file and hit on the Finish<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n

    Done! Here you export Outlook emails to PST<\/a> or CSV file format. Although this manual way can save your Outlook emails still there are few limitations with it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t

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    Loopholes With Manual Approach<\/h4>\n

    With this native approach, there are some restrictions that hamper the email backup process.<\/p>\n