How can I create an Outlook Folder (.pst) on another hard drive leter. 
I want to free up hard drive space without removing emails. I can see
how to archive to an external drive, but I want an active, accessible
folder on an external drive and have it show up in the Personal Folders
list in Outlook. I want to be able to move email from the Inbox to
folders on the external drive and be able to view them "realtime" from
that folder or folders. At work the IT guys do it on a network drive.
We can read or move email to and from folders on the network drive. I
want to do that with my WD "My Book" USB drive.  Maybe there is a way
to do it with the archiving process but if I understand archiving,
(which I may not) when you archive email to another drive, it is not
readable unless you go through a restore type process. 

Thanks
Jon




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On May 31, 4:18=A0am, JHoard <JHoard.6488...@outlookbanter.com> wrote:
> How can I create an Outlook Folder (.pst) on another hard drive leter.
> I want to free up hard drive space without removing emails. I can see
> how to archive to an external drive, but I want an active, accessible
> folder on an external drive and have it show up in the Personal Folders
> list in Outlook. I want to be able to move email from the Inbox to
> folders on the external drive and be able to view them "realtime" from
> that folder or folders. At work the IT guys do it on a network drive.
> We can read or move email to and from folders on the network drive. I
> want to do that with my WD "My Book" USB drive. =A0Maybe there is a way
> to do it with the archiving process but if I understand archiving,
> (which I may not) when you archive email to another drive, it is not
> readable unless you go through a restore type process.
>
> Thanks
> Jon
>
> --
> JHoard

File / New / outlook data file

In Outlook 2007 and earlier, use the File | New | Outlook Data File command 
to create a new .pst file, choosing the external drive as the location. This 
new store will appear in your Folder List in Outlook, and you'll be able to 
create folders and move items to it. 
-- 
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
   Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
     Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
    http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 



"JHoard" wrote:

> 
> How can I create an Outlook Folder (.pst) on another hard drive leter. 
> I want to free up hard drive space without removing emails. I can see
> how to archive to an external drive, but I want an active, accessible
> folder on an external drive and have it show up in the Personal Folders
> list in Outlook. I want to be able to move email from the Inbox to
> folders on the external drive and be able to view them "realtime" from
> that folder or folders. At work the IT guys do it on a network drive.
> We can read or move email to and from folders on the network drive. I
> want to do that with my WD "My Book" USB drive.  Maybe there is a way
> to do it with the archiving process but if I understand archiving,
> (which I may not) when you archive email to another drive, it is not
> readable unless you go through a restore type process. 
> 
> Thanks
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> JHoard
> .
> 

Archiving will do as well since it is basically only an automated way to 
move everything to another pst-file after a certain amount of time. If your 
archive file is not visible in Outlook, you can simply connect to it via;
File-> Open-> Outlook Data File...

Note that you'll have to be careful with storing pst-files on a removable 
medium. You'll always have to close Outlook before shutting down or 
detaching your external drive or you could end up damaging the pst-file.

-- 
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers

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> How can I create an Outlook Folder (.pst) on another hard drive leter.
> I want to free up hard drive space without removing emails. I can see
> how to archive to an external drive, but I want an active, accessible
> folder on an external drive and have it show up in the Personal Folders
> list in Outlook. I want to be able to move email from the Inbox to
> folders on the external drive and be able to view them "realtime" from
> that folder or folders. At work the IT guys do it on a network drive.
> We can read or move email to and from folders on the network drive. I
> want to do that with my WD "My Book" USB drive.  Maybe there is a way
> to do it with the archiving process but if I understand archiving,
> (which I may not) when you archive email to another drive, it is not
> readable unless you go through a restore type process.
>
> Thanks
> Jon
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> JHoard