How to Back Up an Outlook 2002 Address Book
Microsoft Outlook 2002 stores all the address book information into a file with a .pab extension. The .pab extension stands for personal address book. Other, more intricate, forms of backup can be used to backup your personal address book but the old and simple cut-and-paste option works just as well. If you have multiple accounts on your computer then you will have to make sure you are grabbing the correct file. This is easily verified by checking the location of the file. Make sure the file path points to the correct profile when you are getting ready to create the backup.
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Instructions
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Close all messaging services on your computer.
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Click the "Start" button on the taskbar. Click "Search" if you are a Windows XP user.
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Type "*.pab" in the Search box, or the "Start Search" box if you are a Windows 7 or Vista user, and press the "enter" key. Write down the location of the .pab file.
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Go into Windows Explorer. Click the "Start" button, and click on the "Accessories" folder. Click "Windows Explorer."
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Follow the path you wrote down to get to the .pab file. Right-click the file and select the "Copy" option.
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Use Windows Explorer to go to the location you want to store the backed up copy of your address book. Right---click the folder and select the "Paste" option. You have now created and stored a backup copy of your personal address book.
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