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Thread ID: 11837	2001-10-07 09:46:00	Backup what?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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20433	2001-10-07 09:46:00	I recently bought a CD RW Drive and now I would like to backup my system, Win98, which has been unusually stable for several months now. Can someone please tell me what I should backup. I Zipped the windows folder 985 MB and got it on one CD with over 50 MB to spare. What else?	Guest (0)
20434	2001-10-07 10:10:00	You really need to do a clean install of windows, 985mb is huge (mine is 299MB after 6 months), all the rubbish in there is probably causing most of your problems. There are two types of backup you can do, a complete image of your system with a program like msbackup. Or to backup only your documents, e-mail, addressbook, MP3s etc. And not any programs etc, because they can be reinstalled later (I also keep a copy of any installers for programs i've downloaded). The advantage of not backing up programs is you can do a clean install. Although it takes longer to restore.	Guest (0)
20435	2001-10-07 18:39:00	Check your windows/temp folder. Delete everything in it. That might be why you are so bloated.	Guest (0)
20436	2001-10-08 00:39:00	You think his is big. My windows folder is 1.67GB. JM	Guest (0)
20437	2001-10-08 01:38:00	Invaluable things to back up are your address book, favorites, My Docs, maybe inbox/sent items if you want a copy of them (right click on it to find stored location), Windows preferences.	Guest (0)
20438	2001-10-08 05:30:00	nope I've only got 350KB in the windows\temp folder. JM	Guest (0)
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