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Saved passwords

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Siisu A. Baba
Siisu A. Baba
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How do I get back my passwords after changing my operating system on laptop including the hard disk?

How do I get back my passwords after changing my operating system on laptop including the hard disk?

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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One option is Firefox Sync. However, that definitely is not 100% reliable, so you may want to also consider:

(A) Back up your currently active Firefox profile folder (and especially the logins.json and key4.db files)

See: Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles

(B) Export your saved logins to a CSV file

Note that this file is not secured in any way, so keep it in a safe location.

See: Export login data from Firefox and Import login and password data from a file

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cor-el
cor-el
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What is posted above is when you still have access to the old hard drive.

Do you mean that you already have a new hard drive, but didn't backup your personal data beforehand?

In that case is it likely that you lost your saved passwords.

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