How to Backup Outlook Contacts?

“In my Outlook PST, I have saved some hundreds of contacts related to business needs. I want to know easy method to backup these contacts from Outlook PST file in to some other location. I somehow manage to archive necessary emails from Outlook, but I am eager to know if there is any way to backup contacts. So that if I lose any of the contacts from Outlook I can rely on the backup. Can anyone suggest me simple process to backup Outlook contacts?”

Outlook Profile is capable of holding various mail attributes among which contacts is the one greatly used by Outlook users. Contacts attribute in Outlook can be the list of phone numbers, business cards or address cards of various people. Single contact item will include full name, email address, mobile phone number, company in which he / she is currently working along with image of that person. For a business individual these contacts will fetch number of details and losing them can be a great disaster. Hence, Outlook users tend to backup these contacts in some safe location.

One should consider taking backup of Outlook elements like contacts because, there are various situations wherein Outlook attributes can be lost. Some of them can be listed as below:

• Unintended deletion: Erasing contacts from Outlook Profile accidentally using Shift+Del keys or from Deleted Items folder will wipe them completely from PST file
• PST file corruption: Various factors can corrupt Outlook PST file making it inaccessible. Thus Outlook user may lose access to all contacts and other mail attributes when PST gets damaged
• Migrating Outlook: During Outlook migration form one version to newer version chances of losing contacts can occur when PST file is not correctly imported and exported

To avoid loss of Outlook contacts, it is suggested to backup them at regular time intervals. Manual way of creating backup of Outlook contacts is a lengthy process and requires complete knowledge about Outlook. Hence, Outlook experts suggest using third party utility to get the job done. Here is one such application that simplifies the process of creating backup of all Outlook attributes whenever necessary, i.e. Yodot Backup Outlook PST tool.

Potential features of Yodot PST Backup utility:

Yodot Backup Outlook PST software is engineered with advanced algorithms that only require simple mouse clicks to create backup of necessary attributes from Outlook PST file. This software provides an option to select required Outlook attribute otherwise entire Outlook profile while creating backup. It is added with built-in scheduler option that can automatically backup Outlook contacts at stipulated time intervals. Along with Outlook contacts and all other attributes like emails, tasks, journals, rules, alerts, etc. this software can also backup Outlook Profile settings. Additionally, this program has two other functionalities i.e. ‘Restore’ and ‘Migrate’ to ease the work of moving Outlook Profiles between two computers or two MS application versions. This software can be installed on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2008 and 2003 operating desktops and laptops to easily create Outlook contacts backup.

Guidelines to download and run Outlook PST backup software:

• Download Yodot Backup Outlook utility on your Windows computer and install it
• After launching the tool, wait for main screen to display three options – ‘Backup’, ‘Restore’ and ‘Migrate’
• Click on Backup option, next window comes up with two sub options called Smart Backup and Advance Backup
• If you are willing to backup only Outlook Contacts from PST file then choose ‘Advance Backup’ option
• Next, choose Outlook contacts and other required attributes that has to be taken backup
• Mention destination location to save this backup file and finish the process

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