Migrate Thunderbird from 1 HDD to another on the same pc
I lost the MOBO on my PC that had Thunderbird on it. I got a new computer and put Thunderbird on it. I want to migrate the address book and emails and such from my old HDD that I have temporarily connected to my new computer. How do I go about that and how do I do it without loosing the emails I have already received?
Réiteach roghnaithe
Got it! Thanks for the help.
I had to get find the default profile by manually searching the old HDD (the F: drive) and copying it to the same folder as the current profile on the new HDD (which is now, of course the C: drive).
I did this by going into Thunderbird and going to "tools-account settings-server settings" then copying the 'local directory' path. I copied it to a notepad and changed the drive to F: (the old HDD) and removed the portion of the path that follows 'profiles'. I then opened the F: drive and searched for that path. I copied the folder. I then followed the same process on the C: drive and pasted the old path along with the current path in that folder.
Next I entered "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -P" in the windows search bar and the profile manager came up. I created a new profile and hit browse. I selected the folder I had just copied from the F: drive, hit enter and Bob's your uncle.
I'm not a a 'real' tech but I know enough to be dangerous. Maybe this description will help some of us deplorables in the future.
Thanks for the help guys!
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Please put on your "learning cap". If you are not already a computer tech, then you are going to need to learn things you probably never thought you ever would learn (and perhaps, did not want to learn), before.
If you want to avoid this difficulty, hire a computer tech to do it for you.
If you are a computer tech, then you will/should forgive me for the warning.
First, you should backup your current Thunderbird Profile folder to another location, to make sure that whatever else you do, you don't lose your current e-mails.
Then I suggest that you learn about Thunderbird Profiles: - Profiles - Where Thunderbird stores your messages and other user data - Profile folder - Thunderbird - Profile Manager
If you are reckless, and don't want to understand Thunderbird Profiles, you could skip the above and go straight to my instructions for: - Import your stuff from an old Thunderbird Profile to a new Thunderbird Profile. I take no responsibility for anyone screwing up when following those instructions. Especially if you don't know what you are doing.
Réiteach Roghnaithe
Got it! Thanks for the help.
I had to get find the default profile by manually searching the old HDD (the F: drive) and copying it to the same folder as the current profile on the new HDD (which is now, of course the C: drive).
I did this by going into Thunderbird and going to "tools-account settings-server settings" then copying the 'local directory' path. I copied it to a notepad and changed the drive to F: (the old HDD) and removed the portion of the path that follows 'profiles'. I then opened the F: drive and searched for that path. I copied the folder. I then followed the same process on the C: drive and pasted the old path along with the current path in that folder.
Next I entered "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe -P" in the windows search bar and the profile manager came up. I created a new profile and hit browse. I selected the folder I had just copied from the F: drive, hit enter and Bob's your uncle.
I'm not a a 'real' tech but I know enough to be dangerous. Maybe this description will help some of us deplorables in the future.
Thanks for the help guys!