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New harddrive. can i copy old emails and local folders from old harddrive

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I installed a larger hdd in my laptop. I still have the old hdd. Both run on win 8. How can I copy all the info such as emails, folders, etc from the old hdd to the new hdd. This is in Thunderbird. Please can anybody help me?

I installed a larger hdd in my laptop. I still have the old hdd. Both run on win 8. How can I copy all the info such as emails, folders, etc from the old hdd to the new hdd. This is in Thunderbird. Please can anybody help me?
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The article has step by step instructions.
Where do you get stuck?

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christ1
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Create a new profile and copy the old one over it.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder_-_Thunderbird#Create_a_new_profile_and_copy_the_old_one_over_it

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I dont know or understand what I must do. Please explain step by step. Thanks

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The article has step by step instructions.
Where do you get stuck?