On Oct 2, 7:19 pm, Tom <tba...@nmia.com> wrote: > NOW, I've got one last question for anybody who might have an answer: > We are in the process of putting all the lady's data back on the > drive, from a backup that was made onto an external drive when the old > internal drive began to go flakey. She had been running 10.4 before > the hard drive failure, and all the OS-X folders that were in the > system she was using are there on the backup drive. Is it possible for > us to restore all her e-mail addresses, Safari bookmarks, and other > such stuff by merely replacing folders on her new system with folders > dragged over from the old backed-up system? I mean, for example, can I > trash her new Users folder and then drag the old Users from the backup > over to the new System, and will the new system then recognize and use > that old folder with all its information? Ditto with Applications, > Library, etc? Or will I maybe corrupt the new system by trying to > splice in pieces of the old one? Is it better (and safer) for her to > just reconstruct her old information by putting it in manually?
Depending on your method of backing up to the external drive, you may be able to operate with the user files that are on it to check things out and gain confidence in the next step. In any case, I would then put the new Users folder in a safe place, maybe in the Trash but not to empty it. Copy the old Users to the new internal drive, and the OS should be happy with everything. Look in the old Users Library Folder. There you should find the Mail folder with all e-mail boxes and addresses, and the Safari .plists with bookmarks. If you have problems with the mail, then remove the Mail folder that you copied over from the Users Library, go back to the Mail folder on the external drive, copy that to the Desktop, and then have Mail "import" from that copy. Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
