Dave, In addition to what I sent you privately, there is an application called E-Backup that specializes in just this process. I think it's on the jfwlite programs page. Dave Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Durber" <d.durber@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:37 Subject: Backing up data files used in Outlook Express Hello everyone: Please send any replies to the following question to me at: d.durber@xxxxxxxxx Due to a helpful friend of mine who was assisting me with my computer, he inadvertently installed one of those annoying tool bars that seems to have taken over my computer. It seems to be very difficult to uninstall this damned thing and its on-going affects it has or, is doing to my computer. As a result, I am having to reinstall Windows XP Pro again. I have already backed up personal data that was on the system drive to other drives. Now, where do I find the data files that contain the folders which hold all the email messages in Outlook Express, so I can copy them to another drive and put them back after I have installed the new version of Windows. Thanks in anticipation. Sincerely: Dave Durber -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx