OTL 2003 caused pc to crash

I had perhaps the weirdest experience I've ever had w. OTL tonight (I'm using Windows xp). I had just sent an e mail and all of a sudden the entire pc crashed. It was running 1 second & went entirely dead the next.

When I logged back in to my PC and opened OTL there was a msg. about retoring data. Then I tried to find the msg. I'd been sending when the crash happened. It wasn't there. Then I tried to send a new e mail msg. & got this error:

"Documents & settings\Richard Silverstein\local settings\application data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook1.pst in use & couldn't be accessed. Close any appl. using this file... "

I also could not receive incoming msgs.

Finally, I did something that caused a msg. to display telling me I should try to use Inbox Repair Tool to fix the problem. I followed the directions & did this & now OTL works once again.

I'm alarmed that my profile got corrupted in this way. Does this indicate there may be an underlying problem that might recur? Is there anything to be done to address this problem so it doesn't happen again?

 

I don't see any auto backup setting in the Outlook FILE drop down box. Which program are you speaking about?

 

I tried to follow the directions by typing in both versions (office 10 & office 11) of the regsvr32 command in Run & got an error both times saying it couldn't be found.

Would the file I need be on the Office CD but not on my pc?

 

Yes, I tried all those things (using Office10 & office11--I have folders for both in my Microsoft Office folder) and it still doesn't work. When I queried Outlook Help for "Personal folders backup tool" it specified using the Import/Export Wizard for backing up data & didn't mention the backup tool at all.