Guy
Fri May 28 13:48:25 CDT 2004
Dear Courentin,
Success! I must apologize for mistakenly assuming the root level=20
Documents > Microsoft User Data folder was the one I that contained=20
my files. I happened to be looking for something else in my User >=20
Documents folder when I discovered there another Microsoft User Data=20
folder that proved to be the one I should have swapped into my new=20
User > Documents folder. I did so and presto, I'm back in business. Do=20
you think I should leave the other MUD folder in the root level=20
Documents folder? Thank you so much for your patience and expertise.
Yours,
Guy
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Corentin,
>
>Thanks for sticking with me. Yes, I have both OS 10.2.8 and 10.3.
>
>My situation is this: I have my working system and all its files on an=20
>external firewire drive running Jaguar (10.2.8). My internal drive has =
a=20
>fresh copy of Panther (10.3) and a fresh copy of Entourage (10.0). I've =
>tried repeatedly to move my Main Identity and/or Microsoft User Data=20
>folder from the external (Jaguar) drive to the internal (Panther) =
drive.=20
>My goal is to move my entire system from the external (Jaguar) onto=20
>the internal (Panther) drive with fresh copies of all my programs and=20
>files.
>
>If I'm booted into Panther and attempt to access Entourage from my=20
>mounted external drive, I'm also out of luck. Only when I boot into=20
>Jaguar on my external drive do I have access to all my files.
>
>I don't think it's a bug in Entourage or a corrupt database since the=20
>program seems to work fine on my external drive under Jaguar. As I=20
>wrote you, no matter which method I use to move the MUD or the=20
Main=20
>Identity from the external(Jaguar) to the internal(Panther), it doesn't =
>show up. It's deeply frustrating.
>
>I have tried asking Entourage to switch identities as you suggest, but=20
to=20
>no avail. The (empty) main identity is the only one that shows up.
>
>Guy
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>On Thu, 27 May 2004 19:50:41 -0500, Guy replies to C... wrote
>>(in article <13d1801c4444d$ccebc2f0$a401280a@phx.gbl>):
>>
>>
>> Hi Guy,
>>
>>> Thank you for your response, Courtein (?) I am new to this forum=20
>and I=20
>>> accidentally deleted your reply, sorry.I am new to this forum and I=20
>>
>>
>>No problem. You can always re-import read mail in many=20
>newsgreaders or in=20
>>last resort you can look them up through Google:
>>
http://www.google.com/advanced_group_search?hl=3Den
>>
>>
>>> accidentally deleted your reply, sorry. I have tried to swap my=20
>Identity=20
>>> into versions 10.1, 10.2, 10.4 and 10.5 and each time I get the=20
>>> message "cannot open this Identity with this version..."
>>>=20
>>> Today I removed, re-installed and completely updated Entourage=20
>(to=20
>>> 10.5) before swapping my Microsoft User Data folder from my=20
>Jaguar=20
>>> disk. This time it opened but presented me with the Setup Wizard.=20
>My=20
>>> old Identity was nowhere to be found.=20
>>
>>
>>
>>If the identity is properly placed in the MUD folder, Entourage=20
should=20
>"find"=20
>>it immediately. If it doesn't, it's either a bug in Entourage or a=20
>corruption=20
>>in the database. What happens if you ask ENtourage to "switch=20
>identities",=20
>>does it list the identity you are trying to get back on this Mac ?
>>
>>
>>> It seems that Panther (and I've tried 10.0 and 10.4) somehow=20
alters=20
>the=20
>>> Identity I try to bring in from my Jaguar disk, either rendering it=20
>>> unreadable or erasing its contents. When I boot into 10.2.8 the=20
files=20
>are=20
>>> all there; when I boot into 10.3, they're gone. I'm stumped. Any=20
>ideas?
>>
>>
>>I'm not sure I get it... Do you have 10.2.8 and 10.3
>>
>>
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