Thank you Robert. That was my point, exactly. I was just checking to make
sure something BIG hadn't happened since the last time I looked. <g>
But, now that I think of it, wouldn't that be a good idea? If you could
BACK UP data to a secret/hidden sector of a disk and then reformat it and
then restore from the same disk after the format. It would certainly
simplify getting a fresh install of the O/S. I know it's possible because
my Sony VAIO laptop didn't come with any O/S disks but it has procedure for
reinstalling the O/S from a hidden sector.
Tom
<robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:#Fa705yaIHA.5160@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Yes, but if that folder is on your disk and the format the disk, the
> folder
> will be erased.
>
> "Peter Dryton" <PeterDryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:F55A68DB-8BDC-49B8-BBA7-9D31A33C3067@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi, Tom.
>>
>> It's fairly easy to backup all your emails. Here's how you do it.
>> First,
>> set up a folder off My Documents. Give it a name, like "Windows Live
>> Mail
>> Emails." Then, go into Windows Live Mail. Click file, export, messages,
>> Microsoft Windows Live Mail, and next. Click browse and find the folder
>> you
>> just created. Click on the folder and click OK. Click next. Choose to
>> backup all folders (which is my preferred method) or selected folders.
>> Click
>> next. That's all you do.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> "Tom Brown" wrote:
>> Quote:
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> You said: "I'm all ready when the time comes to format my hard drive
>>> and
>>> re-load all my email messages back into Windows Live Mail using import."
>>>
>>> Pardon my ignorance, but how do you do that? There is a lot about WLM
>>> that
>>> I don't understand but are you backing them up to some other storage
>>> place
>>> first?
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> "Peter Dryton" <PeterDryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:E2859A93-6F71-4CFF-B234-99EB393C25E0@xxxxxx
>>> > Importing and exporting messages is really easy. I'm all ready when
>>> > the
>>> > time
>>> > comes to format my hard drive and re-load all my email messages back
>>> > into
>>> > Windows Live Mail using import.
>>> >
>>> > However, why is it that there is an option to export accounts, yet
>>> > there
>>> > is
>>> > no option to import accounts once you want to re-load your accounts
>>> > back
>>> > into
>>> > the program? It makes no sense.
>>> >
>>> > Peter
>>> >
>
>
>