<tt>>Hi ubuntu-users > >Yesterday a friend asked me to install his new PC. As he gained advice >from a seller, he got a system with vista home edition and also bought >the office 2007 version. I installed vista home (just a language >selection) which took more than an hour on a real fast system :-(. Then >I installed his office and opened up word to check if the printer was </tt> <tt><snip></tt> <tt>>lightening struck, so I have his old hard drive. Recovering his office >files from his 'my documents' folder will not be a problem, but how can >i switch its mails and addressbook to thunderbird? > >Tx for any advice</tt> There are a lot of people who set up a dual boot with *ubuntu and vista. I did a quick search on the forums and found these in seconds: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3095258.0 http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3084147.0 Not sure if these are right for you but it is a starting point. I am sure you can get a lot more vista-specific info. Just about every post I have read of dual booting is putting two OS's on the same disk but since you have a second disk, It gets so much easier. I dual boot Kubuntu and XP and to set it up was a breeze. I am assuming that the motherboard has sata connections, if it is IDE just make sure you set the jumper pins correctly. All you have to do is install your windows on a disk that is plugged into your primary sata port then when finished, move it to a secondary port. Plug in your second disk to the primary sata port, reboot with the Kubuntu install disk in your dvd drive and install on the new disk. Grub has no problem picking up the other OS since it is on a separate disk (at least that is my understanding). As a disclaimer, I have not done this with vista but I assume it would work too. For the shared folders you might want to follow the link in post #5 in this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=771907 The method I use to share my stuff is to make a folder off home, like maybe " /home/grokit/windisk". Then edit /etc/fstab to mount it on startup. This gives you access to the entire hard drive so you could set the Kubuntu version of thunderbird's data files to live in "/home/grokit/windisk/Documents and Settings/VistaUserID/Local Settings/Application Data/Thunderbird" (I used a XP path and knowing who made the OS I'm not sure this is the same in the vista version) I keep all my virtualbox hard drives on my windows disk and I have not encountered any problems. Hope this helps. GrokIt <pre wrap>============================================================================== This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message is prohibited -- please immediately and permanently delete this message. ============================================================================== </pre>