04-05-2012, 03:31 PM
Depends how far you want to go really.
If you just want your pics and docs sort of stuff saved then yea dump them onto a disk and your fine.
If its just bookmarks and email stuff then you can do that from within the programs ie firefox and thunderbird etc.
If its the programs you have installed then you will need to mirror your install or do a backup using the backup utility.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308422 (this will backup everything)
This is why i ALWAYS have a partition aside on my harddisk to allow for storing and backing up.
If your going to format your harddisk then i suggest you do this.
If you just want your pics and docs sort of stuff saved then yea dump them onto a disk and your fine.
If its just bookmarks and email stuff then you can do that from within the programs ie firefox and thunderbird etc.
If its the programs you have installed then you will need to mirror your install or do a backup using the backup utility.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308422 (this will backup everything)
This is why i ALWAYS have a partition aside on my harddisk to allow for storing and backing up.
If your going to format your harddisk then i suggest you do this.