Hi,
I'd say there should be three file areas
1. Program files (program binaries.exe go here)
2. User Settings (local or roaming user profile)
3. Data (docs, email, pics, music) - (AKA homeDirectory)
On my own systems the program files and user profiles are on the C
drive, data is on a separate D drive or network drive. I then just back
up the D drive.
A well designed application will detect the file locations above, and
automatically place files in the correct locations, but I seem to
remember SeaMonkey (by default) will bury the user data inside the user
profile! This might explain why a default backup of the user's
homeDirectory would not contain their email.
On my own systems, the first thing I do after a new SM install is to
move the Mozilla profile to my D drive - so it's backed up with
everything else.
There's an article about moving SM profiles here
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder
Lori wrote:
Archiving Mail.
I do backup to an external hard disc, but never thought of looking there,
because it wasn't set up to back up my C:\ drive; only docs, pics, etc.
In future, I will be making a manual copy of the archives in the C:\ drive.
Today's Topics: 4/12/13
7. Archiving Mail (Lori)
8. Re: Archiving Mail (G. Ross)
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:41:55 -0400
From: "Lori" <na...@verizon.net>
To: <support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org>
Subject: Archiving Mail
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Through the Forum, I learned how to archive Sea Monkey and where, and I was
grateful. I've been on computers for years, but not too techie, due to
production push.
When my laptop turned blue (constant blue screens), I sent it back to HP for
repair, specifically asked them to save all my files. When it came back,
all the mail files on the C:\ drive were gone, together with all my added
software programs. I was able to reinstall all the extra programs, but all
the mail was lost.
So, isn't that a call for copying those C:\ files somewhere off the computer
for safekeeping - disc, external drive?
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:53:48 -0400
From: "G. Ross" <g...@comsouth.net>
To: support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org
Subject: Re: Archiving Mail
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Do you not backup your hard drive? Get a portable hard drive that
plugs into the USB port and a good backup program. Do a backup
regularly, and next time you can just restore the new drive to the
point of your last backup. I worked in a hospital once that had also
never heard of a backup. The hard drive crashed on one of the office
computers. They sent the drive to have the data retrieved but somehow
the thing was thrown away. Years of data lost forever.
--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)
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