03-18-2014, 03:45 AM
I'm making your username on the computer as "ohjrson" in example below. Change that to whatever your actual username is.
If you copied the "/home/ohjrson" file in its entirety (along with everything under it), then your Thunderbird data should also be on your backup copy. Enable viewing of hidden files and look for ".thunderbird" directory -- that should contain everything you need. (Note: the filename begins with a period before the word "thunderbird". Full path is /home/ohjrson/.thunderbird on your old installed drive.)
Since it sounds like you are going to do a fresh install to a completely different drive than original, don't nuke the original until after you have the new system up and running and have tested to see that your Thunderbird program indeed has everything you are looking to keep.
* Go ahead and install same version number of Linux Lite you were using before. (Switching from 1.0.6 to 1.0.8 may not matter since they are both based on same Ubuntu LTS.) Make sure to use the same username on the new install that you had on the old one. (If you switch from 32-bit to 64-bit, I think that will be okay, but not 100% sure copy back of ".thunderbird" (or other program configs) will work. I think it will, but don't KNOW. I've never done that, so not sure whether program config files under /home will work normally in that scenario.)
* Perform initial updates
* Install any additional programs that you may have added on your own before to the old install.
* Replace everything under your new /home/ohjrson with the backed-up /home/ohjrson files (including the hidden files).
* When you open Thunderbird (and other programs) they should use those copied old config files and everything will appear just as you left it.
If you switched from 32-bit to 64-bit Linux Lite and discover that the copies don't work, then will be a bit more work -- but as long as you have backup copy and (better yet) original drive in tact you should be able to get your emails back. Someone else may have to guide you through that process because I'm not that familiar with Thunderbird.
If you copied the "/home/ohjrson" file in its entirety (along with everything under it), then your Thunderbird data should also be on your backup copy. Enable viewing of hidden files and look for ".thunderbird" directory -- that should contain everything you need. (Note: the filename begins with a period before the word "thunderbird". Full path is /home/ohjrson/.thunderbird on your old installed drive.)
Since it sounds like you are going to do a fresh install to a completely different drive than original, don't nuke the original until after you have the new system up and running and have tested to see that your Thunderbird program indeed has everything you are looking to keep.
* Go ahead and install same version number of Linux Lite you were using before. (Switching from 1.0.6 to 1.0.8 may not matter since they are both based on same Ubuntu LTS.) Make sure to use the same username on the new install that you had on the old one. (If you switch from 32-bit to 64-bit, I think that will be okay, but not 100% sure copy back of ".thunderbird" (or other program configs) will work. I think it will, but don't KNOW. I've never done that, so not sure whether program config files under /home will work normally in that scenario.)
* Perform initial updates
* Install any additional programs that you may have added on your own before to the old install.
* Replace everything under your new /home/ohjrson with the backed-up /home/ohjrson files (including the hidden files).
- Delete new Documents, Downloads, Music, etc. directories and the hidden files under /home/ohjrson.
- Copy old Documents, Downloads, Music, etc. directories and the hidden files to /home/ohjrson.
* When you open Thunderbird (and other programs) they should use those copied old config files and everything will appear just as you left it.
If you switched from 32-bit to 64-bit Linux Lite and discover that the copies don't work, then will be a bit more work -- but as long as you have backup copy and (better yet) original drive in tact you should be able to get your emails back. Someone else may have to guide you through that process because I'm not that familiar with Thunderbird.
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