Thank you guys, and my compliments to my head chef...Badddog...
I went into my control panel and ?clicked show hidden files and folders?, found the ICQ location under the APPDATA, copied all the files under my user ID, loaded them on my laptop, tested my efforts, and BAM, all my history was in my ICQ, just like it was on my desktop.
Now I?m trying to merge two different ICQ histories into one, but at least I know I can save the conversations, even if I have to save them separately and start over with the new OS.
If I do this, I will tell ya how!!
