You can find the Outlook files under XP in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst. outlook.pst is a giant file with everything in it.
In Vista, look in C:\Users\user\Local Settings\AppData\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst.
In Windows 7, look in C:\Users\user\Local\AppData\Microsoft\outlook\outlook.pst for the main database. Look in C:\Users\user\Local\AppData\Microsoft\outlook\Accounts for the files defining each email account. Look in C:\Users\user\Roaming\AppData\Microsoft\outlook\extend.dat additional datafiles.
mailbox.PAB is the address book. archive.pst will be your archived mail. Outlook.NK2 will be the autocomplete nickname file.
To backup the address book, Export it as a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file.
To backup a mail account, click Tools ⇒ Accounts ⇒ Mail ⇒ Export.
To backup newsgroups, click Tools ⇒ Accounts ⇒ News ⇒ Export.
It is best to have backups in as many different formats as possible in case future software is incompatible with your backups.
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