Important Notes files to save or backup
The following is a list of Notes files that you may want to save or backup in case you ever need to uninstall Notes and then reinstall it at another time.
Note You may not have all of these files.
| File name | Location | Comments |
| BOOKMARK.NSF | Notes\Data directory | Contains your saved bookmarks and Welcome Page information. |
| BUSYTIME.NSF | Notes\Data directory | Contains your local free time information. |
| DESKTOP6.NDK | Notes\Data directory | This is your Workspace that maps to your bookmarks. |
| HEADLINE.NSF | Notes\Data directory | Contains your Database Subscriptions information. |
| INSTALL.LOG | Notes program directory | Contains the configuration information based on the options available when you install Notes. This file is used for comparison when you upgrade to new versions of Notes. |
| INTERNET.NSF | Notes\Data directory | Contains information from your newsgroup subscriptions (NNTP). |
| NAMES.NSF | Notes\Data directory | Contains your contacts, connections, locations, and Personal Address Book information. |
| NOTES.INI | Notes program directory | Contains the information you provide when you set up Notes, including the options you select in User Preferences. May also contain information created by your administrator. This file gets deleted when you uninstall Notes. |
| PERWEB.NSF | Notes\Data directory | This is your Personal Web Navigator database that contains Web browser information. |
| USER.DIC | Notes\Data directory | Contains all of the words you have added to your personal dictionary through the "Add to Dictionary" option in the Spell Checker. |
| *.NSF | Notes\Data directory | Local databases that you create are stored in the Data directory. |
| <yourname>.NSF (local copy) | Notes\Data directory | Contains your Mail, Calendar, and To Do list. This only shows up in the Data directory if you have a local replica of your Mail file. |
| <yourname>.ID | Notes\Data directory | This is your User ID file. You need this to access Notes. |