[ubuntu-uk] transfer data from HDD to HDD

[Norman Silverstone]

> > > My rather ancient desktop PC has stopped working due, I think, to a
> > > faulty MBoard and I am now using a laptop running 10.04. I would like to
> > > be able to transfer a variety of files such as Firefox Bookmarks and
> > > email addresses in Evolution from the old HDD to the new computer. The
> > > HDD has been removed from the PC and I have an attachment which connects
> > > the old HDD via a USB cable to the laptop and I would welcome advice on
> > > the best way to proceed. Thanks in advance,
> > >
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> If you connect it through a USB cable, Ubuntu should even mount it
> automatically for you as an external disk and you should be able to just
> copy the content from the old drive to the laptop with Nautilus. I just
> did that with the old drive from a defunct laptop.
> 
Perhaps I did not put my question very well. I can copy files from the
external drive when I know where to find them. Quite a lot are obvious
but I am not sure how to find and then transfer bookmarks from old
Firefox to new Firefox and old email addresses to new email addresses in
Evolution. It is for this sort of thing that I need help, please.

Norman