For Windows Users

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Backup your LJ:

http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ljarchive/ljArchive-0.9.7.exe

From download to install to backup: < 5 minutes.  Not bad.

~900 entries, ~1400 comments.

Comments

[billthetailor.livejournal.com]

If you have Windows XP - at least SP2 - you already have .NET. In any case, it's no big deal.