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Looking to "fish" old bookmarks I'm afraid I've lost...

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amitmis
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Hi,

I recently re-installed my Windows and I forgot to save a backup file of my bookmarks. I'm afraid I lost them, but I think I might just have a chance of recovering them - I didn't format my computer, as I said, I just re-installed Windows, which means I have a folder called Windows.old that contains all files (or most?) from my "previous computer".

Is there a way of "fishing" my old bookmarks? Is there a file somewhere with my old bookmarks?

Help me and I will be forever grateful! I have thousands of bookmarks that I very much need and want...

Thank you very much, Amit.

Hi, I recently re-installed my Windows and I forgot to save a backup file of my bookmarks. I'm afraid I lost them, but I think I might just have a chance of recovering them - I didn't format my computer, as I said, I just re-installed Windows, which means I have a folder called Windows.old that contains all files (or most?) from my "previous computer". Is there a way of "fishing" my old bookmarks? Is there a file somewhere with my old bookmarks? Help me and I will be forever grateful! I have thousands of bookmarks that I very much need and want... Thank you very much, Amit.

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Mijanur Rahman Rayhan
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Please read this article- http://mzl.la/1BAQGUu

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Do you have an "C:\Windows.old" folder? If you have a "C:\Windows.old" folder with personal data from a previously installed Windows version then you can recover personal data from a previously used profile in this backup.

  • C:\Windows.old\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

You can copy files like these to the current Firefox profile folder to recover specific data.

  • bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
  • bookmark backups: JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
  • SQLite files like cookies.sqlite (cookies) and formhistory.sqlite (saved form data)
  • logins.json and key3.db (decryption key) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
  • cert8.db and possibly cert_override.txt for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
  • persdict.dat for words you added to the spelling checker dictionary
  • permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other Site Preferences
  • sessionstore.js for open tabs and pinned tabs and tab groups

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder: