how can i save my outlook email to a flash memory device?

Answer 1

Here is a microsoft knowledgebase article about that:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/238782/en-us

It's much easier to do it in outlook than outlook express, apparently.

If you are using outlook express, you first have to find out what folder the email is stored in. To find out, click on tools -> options -> maintenance and then store folder. Make a note of this folder and you can copy that folder to your flash drive. However you also need to copy the address book and the account files.

To export your address book to your flash drive, goto file -> export -> address book and it will save it as a .csv file. To export the individual email accounts, click on tools -> accounts -> mail tab and then select individual account and click export and save to your flash drive. If you don't do it this way and you only save the emails and not the account info, it will be much harder to recover the emails if you decide to format the hard drive and reinstall outlook express.