Preparing to format c and d and then reinstall Vista because of some major
problems.

Have a big terabyte G drive and a DVD drive to save valuable files to.

But I can't see a simple way to save/export the contacts other than .csv
file.
nor can I find the file(s) that contain my wife's 'Favorites'


So that I can re-import after a clean install.


please and thank you.

Windows Mail?
The contacts are stored in a folder.... just copy the whole
C:/Users/youraccount/Contacts

Favorites in what program?
For Internet Explorer, the favorites are stored in a folder...
C:/Users/heraccount/Favorites




"FireBrick" wrote in message
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Preparing to format c and d and then reinstall Vista because of some major
problems.

Have a big terabyte G drive and a DVD drive to save valuable files to.

But I can't see a simple way to save/export the contacts other than .csv
file.
nor can I find the file(s) that contain my wife's 'Favorites'


So that I can re-import after a clean install.


please and thank you.

Hello FireBrick,

You can manually copy the files to DVD (or something) to back them up,
them manually copy them back in the same folder after reinstalling
Vista. They are located at these locations in Vista:

Favorites:
C:\Users\(user name)\Favorites

Contacts:
C:\Users\(user name)\Contacts

Hope this helps,
Shawn

FireBrick;937685 Wrote:
Preparing to format c and d and then reinstall Vista because of some
major
problems.

Have a big terabyte G drive and a DVD drive to save valuable files to.

But I can't see a simple way to save/export the contacts other than
.csv
file.
nor can I find the file(s) that contain my wife's 'Favorites'


So that I can re-import after a clean install.


please and thank you.


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Favourites would be under your user profile's folder.

For example c:\users\%username%\Favourites where %username% is the user's
actual username/profile folder.

Do you mean "Contacts" as in your Email address book? The contacts, mail
messages and account settings would be exported through the particular mail
program you use - yes it would probably export as a CSV file (other formats
are available), but it's easily imported again through the email program
being used.

Once windows is reinstalled you will need to recreate the user accounts (I
think) and then restore the favorites folder etc from there.

"FireBrick" wrote in message
...
Preparing to format c and d and then reinstall Vista because of some major
problems.

Have a big terabyte G drive and a DVD drive to save valuable files to.

But I can't see a simple way to save/export the contacts other than .csv
file.
nor can I find the file(s) that contain my wife's 'Favorites'


So that I can re-import after a clean install.


please and thank you.