February 10, 2005

Curious George: Computer Burp Curious George: My computer decided that since I said good things about it, it had to prove me wrong.

So it decided that I would need to format it. Luckily I was able to pay $90 to my local computer store to copy my hard drive so I didn’t lose any info. My question is how can I get my emails and preferences back. My old files are now on C:\T\ then the regular sub folders. I’m not smart enough to be able to figure out where Thunderbird hides my folders with my emails. Also there are a couple of programs that I can’t remember where I found them including one that striped down Acrobat Reader of all the extra stuff that no one needs so it loads much faster. Please help! Thanks

posted by Uncle 19 years ago
  • Sounds like your registry needs to be copied over. That's the first culprit I'd look for, since a lot of config data is stored there.
  • Oh -- reading your post a little more closely, yes, it sounds like the c:\t\ prefix is causing you problems.... while the registry may be one problem, I think the prefixing is a more serious issue. I'd probably be contemplating copying the contents out to the c:\ drive somehow. Anyway..
  • In Win2k, Thunderbird and Firefox store their settings in c:\documents and settings\\application data\, and from there in their respectively named directories. I think it's the same for WinXP, but I couldn't tell you for any other OS. A number of other programs store settings there too. Copying the backup folders you have into the same place on your main file system will restore your emails and such.
  • thanks shandrin that did it
  • Glad I could help. :)