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Woodbear99
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October 13th, 2008 00:00
Reinstalling Vista OS
Inspiron 530. Vista OS. 250GB HD. 2GB Ram. I am anticipating a reinstall of my OS. I will be backing up all personal files on DVDs. My question is: what other files, personal settings or otherwise should also be backed up? E.G. is there a way to back up the desktop configuration which is highly personalized and took a long time to configure? Should 'Documents and settings' be included? (Although 95% of my personal user-created files, pictures, records, etc. are in one master folder, 3.5GB) I don't want to overlook other personal settings-type files that could be backed up to save time. Please advise. Thank You.
Woodbear99
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Posted October 13th, 2008 13:00
Need for reinstall? Long story...performance has been lousy...lots of trouble...and I don't know where to begin.
Where do I go to backup Favorites and Desktop?
DanielOrtega14
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Posted October 13th, 2008 17:00
In xp, I always backed up the favorites folder, the address book, the inbox and sent items folders of outlook express, my driver downloads folder and my personal files and pictures, music, etc.
I'm new to vista so I can't help you there.
DanielOrtega14
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Posted October 13th, 2008 17:00
I also did a print screen save of various windows such as my mail account info my internet settings, and my device manager expanded list to remind me of how things were set up before wiping them out.
jmwills
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Posted October 13th, 2008 04:00