Backing up your email data via Windows Live Mail takes just a couple of minutes.

You may like to empty your spam and deleted folder from your Windows Live Mail and get rid of anything you don’t need first as you don’t need to back these up.

1. Firstly, create a new folder on your computer somewhere called ‘Email Backup’
2. Open your Windows Live Mail program.
3. At the top left you will see a little pane with a drop-down arrow next to it. Click it. Go to Export Email > Email
Messages. If it offers a choice in the ‘Select Program’ window, choose ‘Microsoft Windows Live Mail’ > Next.
Then it will prompt you to browse for a folder to store them in. Just use the ‘browse’ button to find the folder you
created earlier called ‘Email Backup’ and click ok.
4. Select Folders Window – ‘All Folders’ should be chosen by default so just click Next. The program will then
export all the data to a single file.  That’s it!

Keep the file safe somewhere other than on the device you have just backed up so in the event of catastrophe, you can quickly restore all of your email data.