Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
chicagofan wrote: Danny Kile wrote: Michael Gordon wrote: chicagofan wrote: Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. bj You might try MozBackup to extract and then compress your profile on your flash drive. I don't know anyone who has successfully used MozBackup to restore their profiles, but it sounds real good. I have it installed and saved several profiles, but have not had the need to restore my profiles. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Michael I was going to recommend MozBack to do the backup to a flash drive the backup will be in compressed form when it is done. As for a restore I have done several restores, and also use it to move my complete account to a new PC. Danny Thanks guys, this sounds encouraging, since Danny has used it to restore and move completely to a new PC. I will try this too. bj Which did you find the easiest to use; Replicator or MozBackup?? wkm ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
Willard wrote: chicagofan wrote: Danny Kile wrote: Michael Gordon wrote: chicagofan wrote: Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. bj You might try MozBackup to extract and then compress your profile on your flash drive. I don't know anyone who has successfully used MozBackup to restore their profiles, but it sounds real good. I have it installed and saved several profiles, but have not had the need to restore my profiles. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Michael I was going to recommend MozBack to do the backup to a flash drive the backup will be in compressed form when it is done. As for a restore I have done several restores, and also use it to move my complete account to a new PC. Danny Thanks guys, this sounds encouraging, since Danny has used it to restore and move completely to a new PC. I will try this too. bj Which did you find the easiest to use; Replicator or MozBackup?? wkm So far, I've only copied the whole Mozilla file on a Sony flash drive, which I found will also compress files for me, so I may not have to use either one. Not sure. :) If and when I get back to this, I'll let you know. bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
Willard wrote: chicagofan wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: @backups on flash drives Can't answer this in any detail, but if your flash drive is formatted for FAT32, it will have a 4 GB file size limit, in case any of your SM files are that fat. ;-) There may be other considerations, keep reading for other responses. I knew about the file size limitations, and that's another reason I thought I must not be looking at my current files, because they don't seem very big, for all the junk I have saved in SM. :) Thanks for your help, Paul. Still hoping someone will jump in about the USB flash drives being used for backup. Good idea or bad? :) bj I like to use a flash drive to backup and restore the Profiles\\user which includes the user's bookmarks and mail, with Karen's Power Tools Replicator to and from the drive... Thanks, Willard! I've bookmarked her site to compare Replicator to the Moz backup suggested by others. I need something easy. ;) bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
Danny Kile wrote: Michael Gordon wrote: chicagofan wrote: Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. bj You might try MozBackup to extract and then compress your profile on your flash drive. I don't know anyone who has successfully used MozBackup to restore their profiles, but it sounds real good. I have it installed and saved several profiles, but have not had the need to restore my profiles. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Michael I was going to recommend MozBack to do the backup to a flash drive the backup will be in compressed form when it is done. As for a restore I have done several restores, and also use it to move my complete account to a new PC. Danny Thanks guys, this sounds encouraging, since Danny has used it to restore and move completely to a new PC. I will try this too. bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
chicagofan wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: chicagofan wrote: I thought I would try putting my laptop SM files on a flash drive, since my external back up drive that I use for my desktop is on another floor, and they are the only files I care about on this laptop. However, I can't find my current mail/news files now. I've found the SeaMonkey2 folder under Program Manager, but I can't find the current files for the profile/mail/news, etc.. Under Documents Settings, I have files that are dated 2009. That can't be my current data, can it? On my XP machine (IIRC, things are somewhat different on Windows 7, if you're even using Windows...), the profile is at C:\Documents and Settings\My Windows Name\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\..., where My Windows Name is my user name as far as Windows is concerned. Sorry I forgot to say I'm using WinXP2, and that's where my files are. I guess those old dates must relate to the dates the file folders were set up, and not the last time it was used. It's been a long time, since I've looked at these things, and I tend to forget a lot. ;) Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. Can't answer this in any detail, but if your flash drive is formatted for FAT32, it will have a 4 GB file size limit, in case any of your SM files are that fat. ;-) There may be other considerations, keep reading for other responses. I knew about the file size limitations, and that's another reason I thought I must not be looking at my current files, because they don't seem very big, for all the junk I have saved in SM. :) Thanks for your help, Paul. Still hoping someone will jump in about the USB flash drives being used for backup. Good idea or bad? :) bj I like to use a flash drive to backup and restore the Profiles\\user which includes the user's bookmarks and mail, with Karen's Power Tools Replicator to and from the drive... ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
Michael Gordon wrote: chicagofan wrote: I thought I would try putting my laptop SM files on a flash drive, since my external back up drive that I use for my desktop is on another floor, and they are the only files I care about on this laptop. However, I can't find my current mail/news files now. I've found the SeaMonkey2 folder under Program Manager, but I can't find the current files for the profile/mail/news, etc.. Under Documents Settings, I have files that are dated 2009. That can't be my current data, can it? Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. bj You might try MozBackup to extract and then compress your profile on your flash drive. I don't know anyone who has successfully used MozBackup to restore their profiles, but it sounds real good. I have it installed and saved several profiles, but have not had the need to restore my profiles. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Michael I was going to recommend MozBack to do the backup to a flash drive the backup will be in compressed form when it is done. As for a restore I have done several restores, and also use it to move my complete account to a new PC. Danny ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
I thought I would try putting my laptop SM files on a flash drive, since my external back up drive that I use for my desktop is on another floor, and they are the only files I care about on this laptop. However, I can't find my current mail/news files now. I've found the SeaMonkey2 folder under Program Manager, but I can't find the current files for the profile/mail/news, etc.. Under Documents Settings, I have files that are dated 2009. That can't be my current data, can it? Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
chicagofan wrote: I thought I would try putting my laptop SM files on a flash drive, since my external back up drive that I use for my desktop is on another floor, and they are the only files I care about on this laptop. However, I can't find my current mail/news files now. I've found the SeaMonkey2 folder under Program Manager, but I can't find the current files for the profile/mail/news, etc.. Under Documents Settings, I have files that are dated 2009. That can't be my current data, can it? On my XP machine (IIRC, things are somewhat different on Windows 7, if you're even using Windows...), the profile is at C:\Documents and Settings\My Windows Name\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\..., where My Windows Name is my user name as far as Windows is concerned. Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. Can't answer this in any detail, but if your flash drive is formatted for FAT32, it will have a 4 GB file size limit, in case any of your SM files are that fat. ;-) There may be other considerations, keep reading for other responses. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: chicagofan wrote: I thought I would try putting my laptop SM files on a flash drive, since my external back up drive that I use for my desktop is on another floor, and they are the only files I care about on this laptop. However, I can't find my current mail/news files now. I've found the SeaMonkey2 folder under Program Manager, but I can't find the current files for the profile/mail/news, etc.. Under Documents Settings, I have files that are dated 2009. That can't be my current data, can it? On my XP machine (IIRC, things are somewhat different on Windows 7, if you're even using Windows...), the profile is at C:\Documents and Settings\My Windows Name\Application Data\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\..., where My Windows Name is my user name as far as Windows is concerned. Sorry I forgot to say I'm using WinXP2, and that's where my files are. I guess those old dates must relate to the dates the file folders were set up, and not the last time it was used. It's been a long time, since I've looked at these things, and I tend to forget a lot. ;) Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. Can't answer this in any detail, but if your flash drive is formatted for FAT32, it will have a 4 GB file size limit, in case any of your SM files are that fat. ;-) There may be other considerations, keep reading for other responses. I knew about the file size limitations, and that's another reason I thought I must not be looking at my current files, because they don't seem very big, for all the junk I have saved in SM. :) Thanks for your help, Paul. Still hoping someone will jump in about the USB flash drives being used for backup. Good idea or bad? :) bj ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: SM 2.0.10 files relocated?
chicagofan wrote: I thought I would try putting my laptop SM files on a flash drive, since my external back up drive that I use for my desktop is on another floor, and they are the only files I care about on this laptop. However, I can't find my current mail/news files now. I've found the SeaMonkey2 folder under Program Manager, but I can't find the current files for the profile/mail/news, etc.. Under Documents Settings, I have files that are dated 2009. That can't be my current data, can it? Also I haven't used flash drives before, so is it harder than I might be thinking, to use them for backup. Do I need special software, or can I just copy the files on there and copy them off, when/if needed? Also can you just re-write over them, or should they be erased before updating? LOL... or does it depend on the drive? TIA... for any responses. bj You might try MozBackup to extract and then compress your profile on your flash drive. I don't know anyone who has successfully used MozBackup to restore their profiles, but it sounds real good. I have it installed and saved several profiles, but have not had the need to restore my profiles. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Michael ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
