Just got a new SSD and cant recover bookmarks at all, please help.
Hey,i just got a new SSD installed in my pc and also a new windows, i've set for 3 hours trying to figure out how to restore all my bookmarks of 4 years but i just cant figure it out... ive tried everything, please, if you FireFox can see my account and my backups from like previous of February 5th, please help me, its 4 years of my life in those bookmarks and i just cant find how to get them in this new windows :( , please, help me.
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What happen to the old drive?
jonzn4SUSE said
What happen to the old drive?
its still in the PC but basically got Formatted. i really cant help myself to be depressed now, any idea how to get the bookmarks? ive logged to the same firefox account but it like created a new "proflie" and cant see any :(
Important: Sync is not a data backup service. Users should continue to perform regular backups of their Firefox profiles to prevent loss of data.
Formatted... GAME OVER!
cor-el said
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Read all of these already and nothing :( i really dont know what to do, why doesnt the bookmarks sync with the account itself :((((
jonzn4SUSE said
Important: Sync is not a data backup service. Users should continue to perform regular backups of their Firefox profiles to prevent loss of data. Formatted... GAME OVER!
its not "Formatted" its just that i got a new windows on a new drive that i got installed today, i still like have the old drive and is still connected to the pc, nothing got deleted from there basically but i couldnt find any files that could help me restore the bookmarks, please help :(
You can copy certain files with Firefox closed to the current profile folder to transfer or recover personal data. Note that best is to avoid copying a full profile folder. You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).
- Help -> More Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Folder/Directory:
Windows: Open Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
Location used for the main profile that keeps your personal data (Root Directory on about:profiles).
- C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>
- bookmarks and history: places.sqlite
- favicons: favicons.sqlite
- bookmark backups: compressed .jsonlz4 JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder
- cookies.sqlite for the Cookies
- formhistory.sqlite for saved autocomplete Form Data
- logins.json (encrypted logins;32+) and key4.db (decryption key;58+) for Passwords saved in the Password Manager
key3.db support ended in 73+; to use key3.db in 58-72, make sure to remove key4.db - cert9.db (58+) for (intermediate) certificates stored in the Certificate Manager
- persdict.dat for words added to the spell checker dictionary
- permissions.sqlite for Permissions and possibly content-prefs.sqlite for other website specific data (Site Preferences)
- sessionstore.jsonlz4 for open tabs and pinned tabs (see also the sessionstore-backups folder)