> unfortunately instructions do not exist to cover every possible situation.
> 
> but in general, to migrate elog to a new machine, I would say do this:
> - on new machine, install new elog from scratch
> - copy the old elogs from "logbooks" on the backup disk to the new elog "logbooks"
> - merge the config file by hand (this may require a few tries)
> 
> feel free to ask for more help with any of these steps here.
> K.O.

Thank you so much. It worked this way.