From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Steve84 wrote:   
   > I have been using netscape messenger for a long time with very few   
   problems.  At   
   > some point I upgraded to netscape 7.1 and things still worked fine.  Today my   
   > computer locked up and I had to reboot.  After I rebooted and I went to   
   check my   
   > email everything was gone.  All my settings and years of saved emails were   
   not   
   > showing up.  My user folder appears to still be on my hard drive but I cant   
   get   
   > netscape to use it.  Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to get my   
   settings   
   > and saved emals back?   
   >   
   > Thanks for any help   
   >   
   > Steve   
      
   You say your "User" folder.  If that is located in C:\Program   
   Files\Netscape, that is your Communicator profile.  Look to find your   
   NS7 profile.  First of all, open Profile Manager and see if there is   
   more then one profile listed. If so, see if your data is in one.   
      
   Most likely there will be only one.  Navigate to your profile folder,   
   the location of which varies by OS:   
      
   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder   
      
   The article is for Mozilla, but should help you find the Netscape profile.   
      
   This article should help in recovering data:   
      
   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Migrating_settings_to_a_new_profile   
      
   It is critical that a regular backup be done.  I include my Netscape   
   Profiles in my nightly backup routine, I suggest everyone do the same.   
   There are many programs out there for this purpose.  To backup the   
   profile manually:   
      
   http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup   
      
   Lee   
      
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