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[Guest Dragonette]

I have to do a restore to factory settings and would like to backup my files,

how can I do this. Please answer in simple terms as I am not technical at all

 

thanks in advance for you help

[Guest Malke]

Re: explorer.exe

 

Dragonette wrote:

> I have to do a restore to factory settings and would like to backup my

> files, how can I do this. Please answer in simple terms as I am not

> technical at all

>

> thanks in advance for you help

 

Only you know what "your files" are, but here are some suggestions assuming

a standard install of XP:

 

1. Everything in My Documents, which includes Music and Pictures.

 

2. Check in Shared Documents for files.

 

3. If using IE, back up the folder here:

C:\Documents and Settings\[your user name]\Favorites

 

4. If using Firefox, open the program and under Bookmarks, Organize

Bookmarks. Pre-3.0 versions, you'll see an Export item under the File menu.

Version 3.x, there are Backup and Export HTML options but you need to click

a button on the toolbar. Save the backup file in My Documents since you're

backing up everything in there anyway.

 

5. Email - If you are reading mail online (Yahoo, at Comcast.net, Gmail,

AOL), all your mail is on the webmail's servers so you don't need to worry

about it. If you are using Outlook Express or some other program, you'll

need to back up your mail and address book. For details about backing up

OE, go to http://www.insideoe.com. For Outlook, go to http://www.slipstick.com. For other

mail programs, Google "back up [name of other email program].

 

6. Back up any special programs that want you to do a Backup/Restore from

within the program, such as QuickBooks or niche software.

 

You can back up the data by burning to CD/DVD-R (not RW) and/or copying to

an external hard drive.

 

Malke

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