Backing up before Spyware/Malware removal

joho

Is there no way of saving my data? I've got two years of university work on there! What about emails and email addresses etc?

let this be a lesson to anyone reading - back up regularly!!!

intel

joho wrote:

Is there no way of saving my data? I've got two years of university work on there! What about emails and email addresses etc?

let this be a lesson to anyone reading - back up regularly!!!

Well emails and addresses and accounts and files and folders
can be saved before a complete fresh install....

Was it XP (sorry to ask again)

joho

Yes XP. Suppose I better stock up on discs!!!!!

intel

joho wrote:

Yes XP. Suppose I better stock up on discs!!!!!

Export IE Favourites.

1. Start Internet Explorer
2. On the File menu, click Import and Export, and then click Next.
3. Click Export Favorites and then click Next.
4. Click Favorites and then click Next.
5. Type the name of the file that you want to export the favorites to. By default, the export file is named Bookmark.htm.
6. Click Next and then click Finish.

Export the Address Book in Outlook Express.

1. On the Tools menu, click Address Book.
2. On the File menu, point to Export, and then click Address Book or Business Card (vcard).
3. If you are exporting an address book, click the address book you want to export, click Export, and then proceed through the wizard. If you are exporting a business card, locate and click the .vcf file you want to export, and then click Save.

Export Email accounts.

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
2. On the Mail tab, click the mail account that you want to export, and then click Export.
3. In the Save In box, locate the Mail Backup folder on your desktop, and then click Save.
4. Repeat these steps for each mail account that you want to export.
5. Click Close.

Plus save any programs you have downloaded and any files like word or excel for example now you have saved everything in My Documents or the Folders below My Documents (sub folders).

You are just on the desktop.

Insert a blank CD, if the autorun starts up just close it down, now open Windows Explorer, Start, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer.

Now click on the My Documents Folder on the Left and all the sub folders will appear on the right, now just click once on any file so that its just highlighted, now click on Edit, Select All, then Edit, Copy to Folder, now chose the CDrom drive and select copy, now all the files will copy to a temp location after that has happened a speech bubble will appear click on that to start the copy procedure.. Just follow the instructions.


Now pop the disc back in after the Copy and Navigate that disc just to make sure all the files ahve been copied to that disk....

Now if that went OK you may start to think about a full factory restore.

joho

Thanks. Will do all that ASAP!! Thank you all very much for your help. Its very much appreciated and I have learn't an awful lot - not least to back up regularly!!!!