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Old Jun 17, 2004, 12:03 AM
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index.dat folders

can anyone tell me what I lose by cleaning out the index.dat folders? Will doing this cause me to lose anything important?

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Old Jun 23, 2004, 12:09 AM   #2  
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Re: index.dat folders

G'day

The .dat file is just a data file which contains an index relevant to a program or process. Depending on wat folder it is in, i cant really give you anymore help without more detail to where the index.dat file is situated.

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Old Jun 25, 2004, 12:41 AM   #3  
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Re: index.dat folders

Hi again Alicka,
The index.dat folders are in my temp folder and there are 3 of them. One for history, cookies, and urls.
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Re: index.dat folders

hey how you doin? ok the temp folder is where temporarly files are stored. so you system can load faster and be more efficient. Try delete them it may or maynot let you delete them. Dont be to fussed about getting rid of em cuz there not that important.

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