On 5/24/2014 6:28 PM, NFN Smith wrote: > Jay O'Brien wrote: >> I've been with SeaMonkey since the Netscape days, and I have installed it in >> many computers over the years. Due to my personal memory problems, I can't >> remember the details. >> >> I have a new Win 7 Pro SP1 64 bit computer into which I want to install a >> clone of my present Win 7 Pro SP1 64 bit installation of SeaMonkey 2.26. >> Once SeaMonkey is working the same in both computers, I plan to use GoodSync >> to keep the mail files the same. I use Goodsync now in that manner, except >> that the recipient computer runs XP; the new Win 7 computer will take the >> place of the XP computer. >> >> I recall seeing a reference to on-line cloning instructions, but I can't >> find it now. >> >> I suspect I should start by installing SeaMonkey 2.26 in the new computer, >> but I will hold off until I get guidance from this knowledgeable group. Help >> please? Thanks. > > > > MozBackup is ideal for this one. > > If you know the locations of your profiles on each computer (namely > %APPDATA%\Mozilla\seamonkey, it's easy enough to copy the contents of > the profile folder from the old machine to the new machine. > > However, MozBackup gives you a little easier control over the process > (and options for stuff to include/exclude), and puts everything into a > nice .ZIP-format archive. Thus, run MozBackup on the old computer, then > copy the archive to the new computer. On the new computer, install > SeaMonkey, and launch it once, so that you see the beginning of the > configuration wizard. Once you have that, you can abort, because that > will be enough to create profiles.ini and also create the default > profile folder. > > From there, run MozBackup on the new machine, and recover all your data > from the backup archive into the profile on the new machine. > > Although I'm adept enough at doing raw data transfer (including from > Windows to both Linux and Mac), for Windows-to-Windows, I find MozBackup > to be a little quicker and easier. > > For good measure, MozBackup works fine for both Firefox and Thunderbird. > Plus, with a little bit of tinkering, you can get it to work for moving > data in and out of portable apps profiles. > > Smith >
Thank you! That's another completely different process than that I plan to try first, see my response to Paul earlier. Will MozBackup work with my setup, mail files on a drive other than the C drive? If so, perhaps I should install it and run it on a regular basis. Jay _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
