How to recall emails when hard drive crashes

My harddrive crashed and they could save my data and files on it, so they are transferring it to another harddrive. Is there a way to get my emails back.
I have backed up my hard drive about a month before the Harddrive crashed....would there be a file or some way I can recoup them?
Thank you

Thunderbird stores all its data in a [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird Profile folder]. You need to restore that folder from your backup to your new Thunderbird installation.
It looks like you posted your question from Windows 7. You will need to [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_where-is-my-profile-stored locate the Thunderbird profile folder in WIndows 7] first. You will find instructions for other operating systems there too.
Once you have located the backed-up profile folder, you can [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb#w_restoring-a-profile-backup restore it to your new installation].

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