[mikeg]

I'd like to switch from Windows 98SE to XP, but I need to know how to get my favorites from 98 to XP. Please advise. Thanks.

 

[Pepsione1]

You can just put the winxp cd into the cd rom in windows and upgrade from there. This way you'll have most of you settings saved (including bookmarks I would think).

 

[Lisa]

Go to explorer and look for the directory your favorites are in. Save that directory to a floppy or CDR. And copy the contect of that directory into the favorites directory in XP. Then they'll show up as they're supposed to only in alphabaticall order.

Hope i explained it right...

I'm no computer geek or anything so don't hold me to it if it doesn't work. This is just the way I did it and it worked for me.

 

[ServinginEcuador]

In MSIE just to to:
File
Import and Export
then follow the prompts to export your favorites. They should be pretty small, so a floppy or CD-R would be plenty to hold all of them.

 

[john_jcb]

When you make the upgrade I would recommend that you do a fresh install. If you upgrade there is no guarantee that all the sins of the past that are on your machine are corrected. I just did this on my work machine and it has never been better.

 

[mikeg]

Thanks all. Yes, I want a fresh install, rather than an upgrade.

 

[crazychile]

Maybe this is sort of the same question, but how do you do a fresh install of the OS and still keep all of your old e-mails?

 

[ProFingerSk8er]

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Originally posted by crazychile Maybe this is sort of the same question, but how do you do a fresh install of the OS and still keep all of your old e-mails?

do you have a host for email or ur using outlook?
*if it'z outlook i cant help you, i dont use that

*

 

[john_jcb]

With Outlook you archive them and then copy the file to a disk. When you are done with the install import it back. It is similar to the way you save your favorites for IE.

 

[ServinginEcuador]

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Originally posted by crazychile Maybe this is sort of the same question, but how do you do a fresh install of the OS and still keep all of your old e-mails?

Go to File, Export, and click on Messages. Then copy them somwhere easy to remember , then burn them onto a CD-R of something. After the reinstall just reverse it using File, Import, Messages, and you're done.

 

[vwap]

Personally, I'd suggest you get a second hard drive to install Windows XP on, and leave your old hard drive in as a slave drive. While this isn't the most efficient usage of space, I've seen too many people reformat and do fresh installs thinking they had backed everything up, only to find that they forgot to keep the files for [insert program data files here. If you're able to install fresh to another drive, you can always get files from the other drive, then, after using your newly reformatted computer for a little while and comfortable knowing that you have all the relevant data, reformat the old drive.

However, make sure you know which drive is which, and you don't manage to reformat the wrong drive. [Yes, I've done this on two occasions now. Not fun.. especially when it's someone else's computer.

]. However, if you only have one drive and no desire to get another, follow the other peoples' instructions here. In addition to using the Export feature, you may also want to copy the .pst file (for Outlook) that's within your user profile. (I'm not sure where this is located in Win98SE. Use the Find feature and look for "*.pst").

[Just so we can help you out better, what e-mail program are you using and trying to save the settings of?]

The Favorites, if you haven't found them already, in Win98SE, should be found in C:\WINDOWS\FAVORITES. (If I remember Win98 correctly). Or, it may be in C:\WINDOWS\PROFILES\[LOGIN NAME]\FAVORITES.