How do I backup my favourites in internet explorer?
What I am backing up:
my documents
microsoft money backup
what else? so I dont forget..
What I am backing up:
my documents
microsoft money backup
what else? so I dont forget..
want to reinstall windows.. tell me what I should backup?
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/me slaps forehead
You don't know what's on your computer? How are *we* supposed to know what you want to backup? Common things left behind are music and email.
You don't know what's on your computer? How are *we* supposed to know what you want to backup? Common things left behind are music and email.
See, the last sentence of your post was helpful. We need more of that, and less of the other crap.
OP, I always keep my music on my other hard drive.
I would be more than happy to provide more quality in my posts as soon as people like the OP grow a brain and USE IT.
Hah, when I do a reformat, I do backup-by-committee.
A couple friends and I fire up an FTP server on my box and literally browse through my various HDD's, inspecting every file.
A couple friends and I fire up an FTP server on my box and literally browse through my various HDD's, inspecting every file.
You shoulkd backup everything you want to keep. Next!
Just kidding. Back up Favorites, e-mail, Game saves, documents, music, pictures, etc. Anything of value to you. You would know better than we. Still not sure what you need? Browse through every folder and look for stuff. Don't save programs - you can (and should) reinstall those.
I keep an Installs folder, a Patches folder and a Drivers folder on my computer. Keeps all that stuff centralized in case I ever need it again.
Also make sure to write down any settings you might need, such as your SMTP and DNS server addresses.
Finally, I find it helpful to pop into Device Manager and write down the EXACT name and model number of the devices in my computer. For example, when I reinstall, if Windows detects an unknown NIC called "Ethernet Card", I can find and install the correct driver.
Hope this helps.
Just kidding. Back up Favorites, e-mail, Game saves, documents, music, pictures, etc. Anything of value to you. You would know better than we. Still not sure what you need? Browse through every folder and look for stuff. Don't save programs - you can (and should) reinstall those.
I keep an Installs folder, a Patches folder and a Drivers folder on my computer. Keeps all that stuff centralized in case I ever need it again.
Also make sure to write down any settings you might need, such as your SMTP and DNS server addresses.
Finally, I find it helpful to pop into Device Manager and write down the EXACT name and model number of the devices in my computer. For example, when I reinstall, if Windows detects an unknown NIC called "Ethernet Card", I can find and install the correct driver.
Hope this helps.
rh71
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As said above, Game Saves are a big one. Nothing worse than being 20 hours in a game and, oops... This time put all your music and movies and such on a separate partition. Also, backup all those codecs and little programs you always have to install.
did you wake up from a coma? What year is it? Are you in the year you joined Anandtech yet didn't know squat about computers? Or is it thaat you spent your time here neffing?
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