Backups are stored in PST (Personal Storage Table) files, which can be opened directly in Outlook. Here’s how to create one. Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer, click “File” in the ribbon, and then select Open & Export > Import/Export.
Generally, Outlook saved your email in Drafts folder before you send it. Since you cannot find the saved emails in Drafts folder, you can search the related emails (set the condition to “Current Mailbox”) to check if they exist in your mailbox. If no, then this may due to a failed message saving.
Another frequent question is “Where are emails stored in outlook?”.
Most of your Outlook data is stored in what is called a PST file. If you are connected to a Microsoft Exchange server, your data will be stored in an OST file.
Most people know that Outlook stores email for each account in a personal table storage (PST) file, but figuring out where that file is located depends on what version of Outlook you’re using. Here’s where Outlook stores your files and how you can move them if you need to.
Where Outlook saves your data files depends on the version of Outlook you’re running. By default, Outlook 2007 and 2010 store PST files in your App. Data folder at the following location: Outlook also stores all OST files in that same App. Data location, regardless of what Outlook version you’re running .
Another frequent question is “How do I find saved emails in outlook?”.
One answer is that Find saved outlook emails. 1 Open command prompt. 2 Go to the top level parent folder that could have all your files under it. In my case, I save everything under ‘Documents’ folder, so I run the below 3 Now run the below dir command.
Outlook saves all data onto the PST or OST file, including emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes and plenty of other items. Depending on how you have configured your Outlook settings, the data may or may not be compressed and encrypted.
How do I backup my Outlook pst file?
Use the backup feature as an offsite backup, to make space in your IMAP account, or to move emails into a different account or Microsoft Outlook on another device. Now that you have a PST file, you need to be able to import the data in it back into Microsoft Outlook, which is just as easy as exporting the file.
Where can I find my email data?
Please navigate to this location and see if you data is there. C:\user\your user\app data (may be hidden see below) \local\Microsoft\Windows live mail\your mail account (there may be more than one if you have more than one email address configured). If app data is not visible you can go to control panel> folder options> show hidden files & folders.