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Re-Installed Windows, now a 200gb drive is missing!
SirPoonga:
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I certainly have an ability to reformat every freakin' month. You get better every time you wreak it.
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I do it just because i like running a clean system, and i want it to run at 'top' performance all the time..
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Sounds like someone needs Norton Ghost....
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: screaming on May 05, 2005, 09:05:24 am ---- For outlook, as long as all your email/contacts/schedules is in a Private store (.pst) or Outlook store (.ost), you should be all set. All your contacts, email, and schedules will be saved. You can just set up a new private store and use that file and you'll be all set. Which version of Outlook do you have?
- You also want to make sure you have all your bookmarks saved, either from IE or Firefox.
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I would have forgotten about my FireFox bookmarks, thanks!
I use Outlook 2003. I think it stores .pst files in each users' Documents&Settings folder somewhere. So I just have to copy these .pst files over to the new user folders? I should probably create exactly the same user-names right?
SOAPboy:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on May 05, 2005, 09:10:41 am ---
--- Quote from: SOAPboy on May 05, 2005, 08:35:03 am ---
--- Quote from: sodapopinski on May 05, 2005, 08:18:12 am ---
--- Quote ---Every 30 days.. ^_^
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I certainly have an ability to reformat every freakin' month. You get better every time you wreak it.
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I do it just because i like running a clean system, and i want it to run at 'top' performance all the time..
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Sounds like someone needs Norton Ghost....
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Newp, i have it down to a science anyways.. 12 years of doing it monthly, you kinda tend to have a routine >_<
JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: SOAPboy on May 05, 2005, 09:42:00 am ---New, i have it down to a science anyways.. 12 years of doing it monthly, you kinda tend to have a routine >_<
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So how do you know it's your 'time of the month'? Does your PC become irrationally awkward to deal with? ;)
screaming:
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on May 05, 2005, 09:15:54 am ---I use Outlook 2003. I think it stores .pst files in each users' Documents&Settings folder somewhere. So I just have to copy these .pst files over to the new user folders?
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Yeah, it can be wherever you want, but the default place is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
If you save all the files in that folder you should be safe, assuming all your email is stored locally and in a private store (Outlook called it a "Personal Folder". Once you re-format and re-install Outlook, copy all the files back. Then you can either open it the traditional way (File->Open), or permanently open it by adding it to your email account setup (Tools->Email Accounts->Next->Add Folder).
I'm not sure if the process is different with an .ost file, but it should be about the same (guessing)? You might want to practice first :)
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on May 05, 2005, 09:15:54 am ---I should probably create exactly the same user-names right?
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Outlook is a big black box to me, but I don't think the names need to be the same - not with personal stores.
-sab