Recovered Firefox data
Microsoft have recovered my data, which is bookmarks etc from an action performed by a Microsoft engineer, who inadvertently wiped my laptop. The file isn't readable to Microsoft, but it contains all my Firefox bookmarks etc. Would be nice to have all my bookmarks back.
Is there a Mozilla support desk I can send this file so it can be 'translated' into a readable file? Thanks
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Is it places.sqlite?
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This doesn't look like a SQLite database, but it could be compressed jsonlz4 backup, but such a backup would start with a mozLz40 header. Since this is a binary file, any issue with one of the clusters it takes will make it impossible to decompress the file.
You can look at this tool to inspect a compressed jsonlz4 bookmarks backup and possibly convert this file to HTML to be able to import/merge bookmarks.
I'm curious about what makes you think that this file contains all your bookmarks, can you clarify this ?
Hello,
Thanks for the help. What makes me think that this file contains all my bookmarks? When we read through it, and it is long, I can see webpages that I've book marked recently and also when I've scrolled through it with the Microsoft engineer, I can also see items that I have book marked.
He had tried to turn the file into a readable file, and had no success or joy, and looking at the secure file transfer, he did find it as a json file. Would using the https://www.jeffersonscher.com/ffu/bookbackreader.html therefore help?
You wouldn't believe the issues I've had trying to recover everything, especially after a Microsoft engineer who was 'meant' to be fixing a software issue has caused.
Thanks for the assistance.