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my computer crashed but I still have my files

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Dougb77
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I had to reformat Windows 10 PC after blue screen. My files are OK, the PC wouldn't boot (had to reformat, rebuild). I found the Thunderbird files are OK. Can I copy those to the newly formatted c-drive and get it to work if I go to the exact same places/folders? Will I need to change a registry entry or an INI file? The files look good and in tact - close to 17GB where the emails are stored. I thought IMAP would bring the files back, but they are not all there. I will probably try this tomorrow no matter what, but wondered if there was advice. Using Windows 10 Pro, Thunderbird, Firefox, Chrome...

I had to reformat Windows 10 PC after blue screen. My files are OK, the PC wouldn't boot (had to reformat, rebuild). I found the Thunderbird files are OK. Can I copy those to the newly formatted c-drive and get it to work if I go to the exact same places/folders? Will I need to change a registry entry or an INI file? The files look good and in tact - close to 17GB where the emails are stored. I thought IMAP would bring the files back, but they are not all there. I will probably try this tomorrow no matter what, but wondered if there was advice. Using Windows 10 Pro, Thunderbird, Firefox, Chrome...

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christ1
christ1
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(had to reformat, rebuild). I found the Thunderbird files are OK.

What exactly did you find? Unless you can restore an existing backup I'd be surprised if you found all the data on a reformatted drive.

What you're looking for is the Thunderbird profile folder. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

Fran
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You can find your old files after reformatting on Windows.old in your C: drive.