Yeah, I surprise myself sometimes with what I can misconstrue.
Thanks for the tips,
Tom
"Peter Dryton" <PeterDryton@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> You then take that folder you created and put it on a DVD or an external
> hard
> drive. I thought you would've known to do that.
>
> Peter
>
> "Tom Brown" wrote:
> Quote:
>> 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
>> >> 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:
>> >>
>> >>> 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
>> >>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>