I would do a separate backup.

Backup and Transferring Files:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#6

And use this on a daily basis once you are set.

This freeware tool backs up everything in OE in seconds. Disregard what is
written in red. That is referring to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
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Imperial Beach, CA

"JE" wrote in message
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When you do a backup of your pc and later need to do a complete reinstall
of the os and data files, will your email data be reinstalled during the
restore of the machine or should we be doing a seperate backup of the mail
files with some other program designed to just backup Outlook Express
files?

Thanks!

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