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I am using Open Suse Linux 42.1 with the default repos .. My HDD failed and i had to use another drive with the same Thunderconfiguration installed

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Yavex
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Hello ... I am using Open Suse Linux 42.1 with the default repos enabled .. My boot HDD recently failed and i had to use another HDD drive with the same Thunderbird configuration installed ..i need to transfer the folder structure of Thunderbird from the broken (for booting only) to the new drive which has a different folder structure ..!

Please can you say how i can do this ..I have tried "import" from the tools menu but there is only one option ..for seamonkey !

The broken drive is connected via usb and i can view all the files ok ..

thank you for any advice

Hello ... I am using Open Suse Linux 42.1 with the default repos enabled .. My boot HDD recently failed and i had to use another HDD drive with the same Thunderbird configuration installed ..i need to transfer the folder structure of Thunderbird from the broken (for booting only) to the new drive which has a different folder structure ..! Please can you say how i can do this ..I have tried "import" from the tools menu but there is only one option ..for seamonkey ! The broken drive is connected via usb and i can view all the files ok .. thank you for any advice

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Install Thunderbird afresh. I guess it's available in your distros repository?

Then transfer your profile from the old HDD.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb