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On 19/04/13 10:47, Peter M Le Mare wrote: > Here I am again asking for help. A few days ago my Linux (Ubunto > 12.04) just crashed and it will not boot up again. I have another > version on a separate disk and after secveral attempts I have booted > up with this and by accessing sideways all the documents etc. are > there. Is there some way of rescuing the boot up and desktop > interface?? I have tried putting in a cd data Ubunto but all it offers > is yet another along side or complete reformatting and wiping all data. > > There are two reasons for wanting to rescue this version as it had the > older desktop previous to Unity that gives me everything open along > the bottom I cannot get used to the Unity one which lists evrything > down the side but not individual windows). I can't remember what my > desktop was called and how I downloaded it. > > The second reason is that I have earlier this year lost al my old > addresses in my Thunderbird (17 odd years worth) and have just started > rebuilding it. I can copy over to a new system all the other data but > I have been unable to find where my addresses are and how to copy them. > > Yet again please help online and if there is anyone near me (St Just) > I would appreciate if you might visit and help. > > > You should be able to copy over all hidden files in your home directory, However I think you need to have the same user name on both installs for this to work properly. You can also export you address book as csv file, before i re-instlled i just copied all my addresses in to one address book (dragging and dropping) so then i just had to back up 1 file. I am guessing you are near to Penzance, can anyone at the hackspace help give you some 1 2 1 help and importantly a work bench to set everything up on. http://openshed.org/ Paul -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq