Eric Bernier wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for your rapid answer. The computer I want to reinstall is now on
Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron (April 2008) and I don't find anything in my
"personnal folder" or the files you tell me... Sorry. I want to reinstall
the same Ubuntu. I maybe tried to don't give enough informations for you to
help me. Sorry.
Are you using Windows or Ubuntu right now? The directions I gave tell
you where .purple is on Windows XP. If you cannot find some of the
folders I'm telling you about, you need to unhide all system folders on
Windows, or search for the file and folder names I gave you.
Here's why I want to reinstall Ubuntu:
I have Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy Heron - April 2008 on a Pentium III (Coppermine)
with 512 megs (502,4) of memory, much space available on my HDD (24,3
gigabites) and everything was going fine until the October updates that I
did. Since that my computer is REALLY slow.
Has no bearing on backing up Pidgin on any platform.
I found where to see the "History of updates" but I wonder if I can remove
these updates to get back my speed?
If I can and I do it, so I'll never be able to do any further updates to be
sure to don't get back into that slow speed?
I've made research to finaly end at the Ubuntu Forums at
www.ubuntuforums.org but I understand nothing...
Again, has no bearing on backing up and restoring certain Pidgin files.
I'm sorry your computer is slow, but you'll need to take that up in a
Linux User Group or Windows User Group mailing list.
So, for me that look easyer to reinstall everything. I found by myself how
to do backup for everything except for Pidgin.
I told you how to do it on XP. Should be the same for any NT based
Windows version.
I'm now still with a really slow computer with Ubuntu 8.04 and I want to
reinstall everything because I don't understand the way I can find what I
could do...
That's why I want to be able to do a complete pidgin backup. Kind of copy
files from my actual Ubuntu and to past them after I reinstaled Ubuntu.
Thanks again for your help!
Eric
Again, you running (or wanting to run, I'm not sure where you are at on
that, nor do I care (not to be crass, but I'm trying to help you with
Pidgin)) Ubuntu or not is not relevant to this list. I'm trying to be
patient and helpful, but I think there is a language barrier preventing
that.
I gave you a list of the files you'll need, I gave you the directory
path to where those files should be on any install of Windows XP (or
really any NT based Windows OS). Perhaps someone running Vista, Win95-ME
(God forbid) and NT 4.0 (God forbid that too) can help you with those
particular versions of Windows, I cannot.
HTH,
PIT
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