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  • #1

    Help me with my Computer!

    So I just formatted and reinstalled windows...

    And I want to get everything back to working...

    Now before I formatted, I copied everything over to another drive, which I have access to.

    So now.. how do I get things back?

    First question, how do I import everything back to thunderbird, the only options I can find in it is to import things from Eudora and Outlook.

    Jon Miller
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  • #2
    man that was scary...

    the only place my emails were at (with stuff like the proof that I bought HL2 and all my comunication with my Dad, and so on) was on a Backup disk I did..

    JM
    Jon Miller-
    I AM.CANADIAN
    GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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    • #3
      I take it you recovered all your data?
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      • #4
        not yet...

        but I was worried it was gone for a second (I forgot microsofts hidden directories.. so didn't copy them over)

        (luckily the backup I did got everything)

        JM
        Jon Miller-
        I AM.CANADIAN
        GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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        • #5
          Okay, I got this from mozillaZine:

          1. Create a Thunderbird profile. Usually you just launch it for the first time and it will automatically create a default profile for you. Once this is done exit Thunderbird. It will be under Application Data somewhere. Find it.

          2. Copy the entire contents of your existing Thunderbird profile folder, including all subfolders, into this new profile folder.

          3. Use a text editor prefs.js to reflect the new profile folder location. I use crimson on Windows, it is a great little program. Replace all the instance of the old profile paht with the new one.

          4. Restart Thunderbird. Your profile should be migrated. If not, check your prefs.js carefully.
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          • #6
            what if the backup program I used renamed a number of the files?

            anyone have thunderbird and are willing to help me?

            JM
            Jon Miller-
            I AM.CANADIAN
            GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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            • #7
              actually, I probably need to do something like uncompress it...

              this sucks..

              JM
              Jon Miller-
              I AM.CANADIAN
              GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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              • #8
                Now I can't find the Nero disk...

                JM
                Jon Miller-
                I AM.CANADIAN
                GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Jon Miller
                  what if the backup program I used renamed a number of the files?
                  That can be REALLY bad.

                  Originally posted by Jon Miller
                  anyone have thunderbird and are willing to help me?
                  I am using it now...
                  (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                  (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                  (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                  • #10
                    thanks

                    I reinstalled the backup program I had used..

                    and it renamed all the files back to what they were suppose to be

                    so then I could figure out what was suppose to go where..

                    Jon Miller
                    (a couple files were lost because of it's renaming.. but they were only web pages from my temp folder... so unimportant)

                    (HL2 is almost up and running)
                    Jon Miller-
                    I AM.CANADIAN
                    GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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