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.
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 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.
Outlook files will become corrupt if the outlook.pst file grows past 2 GB. Make sure you prune them before they get this big or you will lose them.
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