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Old 02-01-2010, 08:36 PM
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Just a quick techie question, i want to re format my hard drive, i know i will lose some info, but will i lose my list in in my favourites in IE, if i do is there a way to save them?
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what do you mean by IE
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are you using xp? if you are then go into my computer

C: then go to documents and settings open up your user area and there should be a folder called favorites in there. if you copy that off onto a USB drive or something similar and pop them back once youve formatted
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You'll loose everything.

Go to c: drive
Find documents and Settings
Find [your name]
Find Favourite file in there
Copy to Stick,Disc or anything EXTERNAL to P.C.

When formatted and new I.E installed
Import Favourites.
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IE is Internet Explorer, running XP, thanx guys
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Open up intenet explorer/file/import and export/export to a file(tick the boxs) put it on your desktop then save to where ever.
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sorry to hijack but another question :

how do i go about formatting a locked drive (ex system drive with most windows files removed)
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