Hi, I put a post up the other day to which you replied Patrick. I can't seem to find it on here now? Anyway, I asked about a fresh install of Metastock V9 EOD after a complete system reinstall. I had saved templates, charts etc. I had previously just cut and pasted them into the c drive equis folder, which replaced them.

You Replied;
Do not replace the file but import them
To import them, start metastock and click on tools, indicator builder, organizer and select import formula, go through the prompts but when it asks you the location point it to your backup folder
( the folder that contains these files MS90EXPT. DTA
MS90FORM.DTA
MS70CTB.DTA
MS90EXPL.DTA )
then click on ok or finish.
It may ask you if you want to overwrite, click on yes.

My qusetion is; Does this apply for the charts and expert folder? ie import rather than copy and paste into the c drive equis folder?
Also, why is it better to import rather than copy and paste?
And finally I notice you mentioned importing the 4 MS .dta files
MS90EXPT. DTA
MS90FORM.DTA
MS70CTB.DTA
MS90EXPL.DTA

But what are the others? Do I import these also?
COMMLIST
EQ_SLIST
EXPLORE
ST_Data.mdb

My ST_Data.mdb file in my back ups is much larger than the newly installed metastock one. Do I replace this also by import in the indicator builder? What is it anyway?
And the EQ_List. Do I replace this as well?

Many Thanks
The Ghost