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Best practices for using Outlook .PST files on portable USB drives

Serdar Yegulalp
12.19.2007
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Is it possible to save Microsoft Outlook email data in a .PST file to a portable USB storage drive for use on either a laptop or desktop computer? I'm frequently asked this question by remote users who often switch between laptops and desktop PCs. The answer is yes.

A Microsoft Outlook .PST file can reside anywhere you want, and a removable USB drive is a perfectly legitimate location for it. Even though Microsoft doesn't recommend placing an Outlook .PST file on a network drive, because of the amount of network traffic that can be generated as a result, a locally mounted USB drive should be fine.

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If you do decide to store Outlook email data in a .PST file on a USB drive, try to adhere to these best practices first:

About the author: Serdar Yegulalp is editor of Windows Insight, a newsletter devoted to hints, tips, tricks, news and goodies for all flavors of Windows users.

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