What should I back up before 9.2.2 to Tiger 10.4.6 upgrade?

My wife's 10-1999 Blueberry iMac DV is slated for an upgrade to Tiger 10.4.6. It's at the Mac OS 9.2.2 level. Her email client is Netscape Messenger 4.7 (no kidding!) and her preferred browser is IE 5.X (the latest Mac version). Since I'm not a Mac expert, I'm hesitant to start the upgrade until I know what I should back up. Can someone give me a brief list of the the major items to back up?
Thanks,
tcpasley
iMac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x
iMac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x

Hi tcpasley and welcome to Apple Discussions!
You may get more help posting this in the Tiger Installation and Setup Forum People there will be able to offer some good upgrade strategies.
(Classic is OS9 under emulation within OSX, not OS9 itself.)
Before you upgrade you should look at the hardware requirements for Tiger. You need much RAM and much disk space.
Can't comment on backing up emails, but I fear that direct conversion from Messenger to Mail 2 is not an option.
HTH
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