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Win98SE Format
How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a
Hard Disk http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255867 Need to Back up all the files on a CD that are in C:\windows\inf , C:\windows\system , C:\windows\system32 , C:\windows\windows update setup file "David" wrote in message ... I am about to format my OS drive after many years. Can anyone direct me to a document which will instruct me how to save favorites, address book, emails etc. I have most apps/drivers saved, but am bound to forget something! David |
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David wrote:
I am about to format my OS drive after many years. Can anyone direct me to a document which will instruct me how to save favorites, address book, emails etc. I have most apps/drivers saved, but am bound to forget something! David Why? Why not just fix whatever it is that's wrong? |
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David wrote:
I am about to format my OS drive after many years. Can anyone direct me to a document which will instruct me how to save favorites, address book, emails etc. I have most apps/drivers saved, but am bound to forget something! David Why? Why not just fix whatever it is that's wrong? |
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Win98SE Format
In message , Don Phillipson
writes: "David" wrote in message ... I am about to format my OS drive after many years. Can anyone direct me to a document which will instruct me how to save favorites, address book, emails etc. I have most apps/drivers saved, but am bound to forget something! Drive formats is the first consideration (whether you can store the backups on CD, DVD or another hard drive) and the second may be how to copy currently loaded system files (which Win98 may refuse to copy.) For #2, the free utility at www.xxcopy.com enables copying most or all system files. If space allows (#1) copying the whole of your old C: is the simplest way to back up. It's the simplest way to ensure you have a copy of everything, but not necessarily in a form from which you can easily restore the information to a newly-installed system. DadiOH's post explains about how to sort the address book (though of course _not_ on the desktop if you're going to reformat!). I'm with philo though in asking why you're going to do this (though not with 98guy in saying the drive is about to fail, unless it is giving signs - is it? - in which case reinstalling of course won't solve the problem). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** There I was, sitting in a glum mood - 'Cheer up, things could be worse', he said, so I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. |
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In message , Don Phillipson
writes: "David" wrote in message ... I am about to format my OS drive after many years. Can anyone direct me to a document which will instruct me how to save favorites, address book, emails etc. I have most apps/drivers saved, but am bound to forget something! Drive formats is the first consideration (whether you can store the backups on CD, DVD or another hard drive) and the second may be how to copy currently loaded system files (which Win98 may refuse to copy.) For #2, the free utility at www.xxcopy.com enables copying most or all system files. If space allows (#1) copying the whole of your old C: is the simplest way to back up. It's the simplest way to ensure you have a copy of everything, but not necessarily in a form from which you can easily restore the information to a newly-installed system. DadiOH's post explains about how to sort the address book (though of course _not_ on the desktop if you're going to reformat!). I'm with philo though in asking why you're going to do this (though not with 98guy in saying the drive is about to fail, unless it is giving signs - is it? - in which case reinstalling of course won't solve the problem). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** There I was, sitting in a glum mood - 'Cheer up, things could be worse', he said, so I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. |
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