Hi David I just got your suggestions. I'll see if I can do it this way. I may not need to do all these back ups, but I do want to learn about this technical miracle called "computer" as much as I possibly can. It's fascinating, and such a massive amount of knowledge connected with it. Thank you too for your help Elisabeth > User.dat and system.dat _are_ the Registry. > > If you want to back them up, here's what you do. Note that they might not > fit on a floppy. > > First, go to Start, Run. Type Command. Click OK. > > Type: > > cd c:\windows > attrib user.dat -s -h -r > attrib system.dat -s -h -r > > Now you can see and copy them. > > BTW, if you have to log into your computer to use it, you may have part of > your user.dat in a special folder, one per user. So, if you need to tell the > computer who you are to get in, ask for more help. > > David Nasset, Sr. > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. > > To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk