Backing up Advice needed

[gmloki]

My system is

* P4 3.0Ghz
* 1gb DDR RAM
* Radeon 9800 XT with latest drivers
* 1x 40gb Maxtor(c
* 1x 120gb Maxtor(F
* XP Pro with SP2

I had to reinstall windows the other week due to hard drive failure. I managed to get back most of my files. I find that I cannot install planetside at all on my system. I also find that Windows is taking increasingly longer to shut down.

So I was considering backing up all data from C: to F: reformatting c: and re-installing windows on C:

What I want to do is make sure I lose none of my emails and have a clean install of XP Pro with SP2 and be able to install Planetside. This programme has run on this system before. The only thing that has changed is the O/S and a replacement HDD. I used XP Pro with SP1. When I bought this one it was shipped with SP2. I dont really want to go through the messing about of reinstalling all my apps.

So Any advice on the above appreciated. sorry if a bit long winded or if any info is missing


Regards

 

[babs]

Depending on which mail client you use backing up mail should be relatively easy and pain free.

You could always uninstall everything you dont need for the time being, make a ghost image of that drive (significantly smaller hopefully with everything uninstalled) and store it on the bigger drive.

 

[gmloki]

Mail client is Microsoft outlook

Babs are you saying have all progs on F: and then have windows only on C: ?