Gary Burke wrote:
>
> Hi: I have a problem with trying to back up my ICQ contact list on a
> floppy.At one time,I would simply go to my icq folder and send the Db
> folder to the floppy.I am now using icq 99a version and cannot get the
> New Db folder on a floppy.This folder is now
> 2.9 megs and obviously won't go on a 1.4MB floppy. In the folder the
> .dat file is 438 kb and the .idx file is 2.38.
>
> When I go to the "message archive" and delete everything,the New Db
> folder increases in size??

You have at least a couple of options here. Your actual contact list
doesn't include the <UIN>msg.dat and <UIN>msg.idx files, (where "<UIN>"
is your User ID), so technically you probably don't need to back those
up at all. Those files contain your saved messages from/to each of your
contacts. (Why your files get larger as you delete messages is a mystery
to me, since all of the ones I've seen have gotten smaller in direct
proportion to the number of messages that are deleted.)

You can back up all of the ICQ/Db/ files except <UIN>msg.dat and
<UIN>msg.idx, and those will easily fit on a floppy, or you can back up
the entire ICQ/Db folder, including the *msg.* files, to a safe place on
your hard drive. Alternatively, you might try zipping the entire folder
in the hopes that it will compress to a size that will fit on a floppy.

One last thing: ICQ has an option to completely turn off message logging
if it's a feature you don't use, need, or want. Turning that off would
ensure that your files will always fit on a floppy.

Jeff Delzer

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