What files to move to XP clean install

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I am building a new XP system "clean install" and need to know what files to
move. My old system is winME with OE6.0 email and IE6.0 I'm concerned
only about the MicorsoftME things.

I've already read in this group that OE address book is user_name.wab and to
import from XP's email.

What about my actual email data (file name)?
What about my IE Favorites (file name)?
Important settings (file name(s))?
Any thing else I may have forgotten (file name)?

Thanks,
Joe101
 
Here's a start
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?kbid=270670
OLEXP: How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;276511
OLEXP: How to Backup and Restore Outlook Express Blocked Senders List and Other
Mail Rules

Backing up your Web Favourites
1. Open Internet Explorer;
2. Choose File/Import and Export from the menu
3. Click next
4. From the Import/Expert Wizard windows select Export Favourites
5. You'll be prompted for which favourites you want to export, if you just leave
the highest level highlighted all the favourites will be exported
6. Click next
7. You can then select a location to where you want to store the backup copy of
your favourites.
To restore the favourites onto another machine, you repeat the process above,
except instead of exporting the favourites you select import and select the
location where you backup your favourites

Word Backup Customisations
Templates and Add-ins
To find out where your "regular" templates are stored, select Tools + Options +
File Locations, and note the paths listed under "User Templates" and "Workgroup
Templates".
To find out where your global template Add-ins are stored, select Tools +
Options + File Locations, and note the path listed under "Startup".
If you can't see the full paths, double-click on them. Some of your templates
may be stored in sub-folders of these folders (any custom - as opposed to
Microsoft-generated) - tabs in the File New dialog come from the names of any
such sub-folders).
AutoCorrect entries
AutoCorrect entries that were saved without formatting are stored in an acl
file; whereas entries that were saved with their formatting are stored in
Normal.dot.
If you have trouble finding the folder in which the acl file is stored, add an
AutoCorrect entry in Word, and then search your hard disk for *.acl files
modified in the last day,
If the username is different on the second machine you will, of course, need to
rename the acl file after copying it over.
Custom spelling dictionaries
You can create multiple custom spellchecking dictionaries if you want to (for
use in different contexts), but the default one is called Custom.dic. If you
click the "Add" button when you run the Spellchecker, the word will be added to
the current custom dictionary.
You can find out where your dictionary file is stored by selecting Tools +
Options + Spelling and Grammar + Dictionaries + New. The default path varies,
depending on your operating system and which version of Word you are using.
 
Joe101 said:
I am building a new XP system "clean install" and need to know what
files to move. My old system is winME with OE6.0 email and IE6.0
I'm concerned only about the MicorsoftME things.

I've already read in this group that OE address book is user_name.wab
and to import from XP's email.

What about my actual email data (file name)?
What about my IE Favorites (file name)?
Important settings (file name(s))?
Any thing else I may have forgotten (file name)?

Thanks,
Joe101

Use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address box.
Using F.A.S.T [Files And Settings Transfer] wizard.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/fast.html
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