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by marty2001

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I would a notepad text file of file extensions that I can use in a find command to find files that the owner would not want deleted prior to reformatting a PC.
I currently have *.pst;*.wab;*.pab;*.doc;*.xls;*.mdb;*.pps.
Does anyone have more?

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by flyfshmn

You should also keep all of the bookmarks from Internet Explorer and Netscape. Also maybe any .ppt files or privdir.ini if applicable

Good Luck

by tonyp_fno

I would backup their outlook folders, settings etc and not just copy the pst folder. I have had problems when trying that and virutlly none when restoring a backup. Also the favorites folder from explorer which a straight copy will work. another extension you might want to look at txt. also the .bat .sys files in case there are any settings that are unique to that machine.

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