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laptop crashed. new laptop has windows 8. how do I find and move the old files to the new laptop?

miked567
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My Windows 7 laptop crashed. New laptop is Windows 8.1. I have the hard drive from the old laptop. Where can I find my old emails and address books and where do I copy them in Windows 8 ?

My Windows 7 laptop crashed. New laptop is Windows 8.1. I have the hard drive from the old laptop. Where can I find my old emails and address books and where do I copy them in Windows 8 ?

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iamjayakumars
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Thunderbird stores all personal information such as messages, address books and configuration settings in a folder called the profile

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