On 1/5/2015 9:33 AM, Ed Mullen wrote: > David E. Ross wrote on 1/5/2015 11:44 AM: >> On 1/5/2015 6:59 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote: >>> I previously wrote: >>>> >>>> First, make a clean install of SeaMonkey on the new PC. >>>> >>>> It is most simple if your profile resides at the equivalent place on >>>> your new PC that they were on the old PC. For example, I have a profile >>>> named David (my name) at <D:\Mozilla profiles\SeaMonkey\David>. (Note >>>> that I eliminated the random part of the folder name at the end of the >>>> path.) On a new PC -- same or different version of Windows -- I would >>>> move this to the same path. >>>> >>>> Finally, I would locate the file profiles.ini for SeaMonkey on the new >>>> PC. In Windows 7, this is something like >>>> <C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\SeaMonkey>, where "xxxx" for me >>>> is David. Edit that file to point to your new profile. For me, the >>>> file profiles.ini begins: >>>> >>>> [General] >>>> StartWithLastProfile=0 >>>> >>>> [Profile0] >>>> Name=David >>>> IsRelative=0 >>>> Path=D:\Mozilla profiles\SeaMonkey\David >>>> Default=1 >>> >>> >>> I don't recall mozilla ever using Windows backslash, always forward so I >>> think that should be: >>> >>> D:/Mozilla profiles/SeaMonkey/David >>> >>> and you might have to quote if there is a space in the path: >>> >>> "D:/Mozilla profiles/SeaMonkey/David" >>> >>> I would advise NOT using spaces in you path: >>> >>> Path=D:/Mozilla/SeaMonkey/Profiles/David >> >> A few years ago, I decided that I wanted my profiles on the hard drive >> that I used for data, in an esily reached folder that contained both >> SeaMonkey and Thunderbird profiles. I edited the content of >> profiles.ini for SeaMonkey and for Thunderbird, using the format of >> paths that already existed there but just changing where they pointed. >> This involved \ instead of /, and it did not involve quoting where there >> were blanks. The profiles.ini files I had to leave where they were. >> Everything worked okay and still works. >> >> I copied part of the current content of my SeaMonkey profiles.ini for my >> reply quoted above. >> >>>> >>>> The IsRelative=0 indicates that the Path term is a complete path and not >>>> a path relative to where the file profiles.ini resides. I have three >>>> other profiles, each for a special purpose. For those extra profiles, >>>> there is [Profile1], [Profile2], and [Profile3]; they have Default=0. >>>> >>>> I am very glad I did my profiles this way. When I had to reinstall >>>> Windows 7 because malware blocked me from even booting, my profiles were >>>> not touched. I did not lose any bookmarks, history, or (for >>>> Thunderbird) E-mails. Also, my C-disc is not very large. My scheme >>>> moves the profiles to a separate hard drive that is much larger. >>>> >>> >>> You do not backup? You could not access the drive with another system? >> >> Of course I backup. I do it weekly. But if I cannot boot, I cannot >> restore from a backup. I was doing backups by folders, not by >> partitions. Now I backup by partitions. >> > > Most good backup programs allow you to create a bootable CD/DVD to boot > from and restore a partition backup. Mine does and I've used it. > >
I have two physical hard drives. A solid-state drive (SSD) contains partitions C and J. C has Windows and those applications that insist on being installed on a C-disc; J has all the other applications. A "spinner" (almost 10 times the capacity of the SSD) has partitions D and F. D contains all my data; F is a recovery partition. Yes, I now have a bootable CD with my backup application (Acronis True Image). That is why I now backup my C and J partitions, each separately. I still backup my D partition by folders, to separate photos from other data. -- David E. Ross I am sticking with SeaMonkey 2.26.1 until saved passwords can be used when autocomplete=off. See <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433238>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
