[ubuntu-uk] transfer data from HDD to HDD

[Stuart Bird]

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On 29/05/10 14:29, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> < snip >
> 
>> Firefox bookmarks are a simple HTML file located in
>> ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/bookmarks.html
>> I'm not sure if you can import it but at worst, you can always open it
>> in Firefox as a normal HTML file and add all entries to your bookmarks.
>>
>> The evolution address book is in ~/.evolution/addressbook/local/<some
>> weird string>/addressbook.db
>> You should be able to do File -> Import in Evolution and import the old
>> database.
> 
> Thank you - just what I needed.
> 
> Norman
> 
> 
Norman

Even easier in Evolution:

File => Backup Settings

Which creates an "evolution.tar.gz" file containing all of your mail and
Evolution settings. Copy the file to your new machine and then run:

File => Restore Settings

to put all of your data back in place. You may need to check the folder
permissions on the cache folders as for some reason when I did it the
group settings got changed to read only which prevented me opening email
attachments in some circumstances.

With Firefox you should be able to copy the entire profile (.default)
folder from:

/home/norman/.mozilla/firefox/

Copy the folder that end in ends in ".default" and copy that to your new
PC. You should then be able to instruct the ne forefox to use your old
default folder which contains all your history, bookmarks etc.

Stu
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