Backup list before formatting... did I forget anything?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:56 am

So far I've backed up:

-porn

-bookmarks

-XP themes

-different applications that don't require installing

-downloads

-torrents

-music

-my documents

-pictures

-games

-tv shows

-movies

-videos

Did I forget anything?

Post by **Transient** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:57 am

emails?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:58 am

How do I backup emails from outlook express?

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:58 am

You have to outstrategy it

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:00 am

Glad to see your porn was top of the list. :lol:

Post by **Transient** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:00 am

ToxicBug wrote:How do I backup emails from outlook express?

Drag the list from your inbox into a folder. That's what I did. I have no idea where the originals are.

Post by **netrex** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:00 am

ToxicBug wrote:How do I backup emails from outlook express?

Isn't there an "Export to a file" function like in Outlook? I believe that takes care of everything you've got in it.

And don't keep My Documents on C:\. I always move it to make sure I don't forget it when I format so I don't loose my savegames.. Done that far too many times :icon32:

Post by **tnf** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:00 am

ToxicBug wrote:How do I backup emails from outlook express?

It's an option, under a menu. That's all I'll say.

Post by **Scourge** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:05 am

Don't know if you're counting these in downloads but, update files and drivers?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:08 am

scourge34 wrote:Don't know if you're counting these in downloads but, update files and drivers?

yea, my Downloads folder contains all my "legal"

downloads, including game patches, programs, system utilites and drivers, etc.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:16 am

Transient wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:How do I backup emails from outlook express?
Drag the list from your inbox into a folder. That's what I did. I have no idea where the originals are.

Thanks

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:43 am

dont forget trafficstrategyfordummies.pdf

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:56 pm

Done... mmm I like the 16mb buffer

Post by **dmmh** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:05 pm

i always backup my cookies, saves of having to type tons of passwords again

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:10 pm

dmmh wrote:i always backup my cookies, saves of having to type tons of passwords again

I thought about it, but I decided not to backup my cookies since there might be some bad ones in the batch.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:08 pm

ToxicBug wrote:How do I backup emails from outlook express?

You use thunderbird

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:22 pm

PhoeniX wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:How do I backup emails from outlook express?
You use thunderbird

i like your posting style

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:44 pm

I never back up porn. It's too much fun to go find more.

Post by **glossy** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:39 pm

Kracus wrote:I never back up porn. It's too much fun to go find more.

i just had to reformat a friend's computer after she ran into some less-than-kosher websites :icon21:

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:46 pm

You know what you could have done? Installed you new drive and just set your old one as a slave...My mp3 folder hasn't been off a hard drive since I created it in 98.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:11 am

I get all my stuff from one site anyway. It's a forum like this and they just post passwords and usernames for sites all over all the time and post pics from sites you have to pay to enter all the time. great forum.

Keep It Real · Post by **Keep It Real** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:26 am

uhh everybody uses different programs on their computers and have different files that are important to them dude, nobody can really tell you what you need to upload

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:19 am

bitWISE wrote:You know what you could have done? Installed you new drive and just set your old one as a slave...My mp3 folder hasn't been off a hard drive since I created it in 98.

My new drive is a lot faster (16mb buffer vs 2mb) so as I installed it, I created 2 partitions, one for windows/apps and one for storage. I backed up all the shit from the old hard drive onto the "Storage partition" then I removed the old hdd and installed windows onto the new one. I'm gonna pop the old one into my old 416mhz Celeron machine and see if it works.