Did you do a complete clone backup or did you just import the dbx files?
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

You can try replacing the newsgroup dbx files with the old dbx files, but
this doesn't always work.
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Ron Sommer

"JasonA" wrote in message
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After re-installing XP, I restored my dbx files yet Outlook Express still
wants to download over 30,000 of messages which I would already have. How
can I prevent this?