Everyone should know what to backup before formatting a pc



Here what to do and how to do.... 
  • Maximum people save their daily work data on their desktop and desktop come under C drive which you are thinking to format. You can find your desktop folder in C drive path of the folder.                    
          C:\Users\<windows user name>\Desktop. Copy it to any other drive.  
  • 2nd most important thing you need to backup your mail. If you are using any mail client like outlook, thunderbird, lotus note client, outlook express etc.


         Where to find the data file to be backup.

     OUTLOOK- C:\Users\<windows user Name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst
     THUNDERBIRD - C:\Users\<Windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\
     LOTUS NOTE - : C:\Users\<Windows user name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Lotus\Notes\Data
     OUTLOOK EXPRESS- C:\Users\<Windows user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail

  •  3rd  thing is to be backup is that what is installed in your pc right now, so that after installation it is easy to install the entire app and you will not miss anyone. For this you have to use inventory software Belarc Advisor (free of cost), which will give you details of your entire app with the product key. You can get it from here --> Belarc Advisor

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