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can i recover saved passwords after a factory reset?

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SimsGeekNerd
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i recently had to run my recovery disk after my computer crashed and would not work. can i recover my saved mozilla passwords even though i did a factory reset?

i recently had to run my recovery disk after my computer crashed and would not work. can i recover my saved mozilla passwords even though i did a factory reset?

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enewmark
enewmark
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I have the same problem and have had no replies. Have you had any replies or learned anything new about this?

SimsGeekNerd
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hi! no i have not gotten any response from anywhere on the web! grrrrrrrrrrr! i don't want to waste money on recovery software if it is not going to do what i want. do you have any ideas on who else we could ask? thanks!

cor-el
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Not likely unless you have a backup of the files key3.db and signons.sqlite in the Firefox Profile Folder from that old setup.

Maggiechen
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At this situation, Firefox Password Recovery 5.0 comes in handy. It is a smart and powerful utility to recover passwords to web sites saved in Firefox Web Browser and Thunderbird. This tool can get the list of all usernames and passwords saved in Firefox Web Browser with only one button click!

Read more: http://www.lost-password.net/products/firefoxpasswordrecovery.html