How can I retrieve old passwords from a broken computer?
My old computer crashed and it had all my old passwords on it! I was wondering if it were possible to somehow retrieve them. I can access data from the computer, but I can't open the Firefox application due to the virus. I was running it on Vista with the newest version of Firefox as of April 2011.
I'd really appreciate the help - I cant remember all of my passwords.
My old computer crashed and it had all my old passwords on it! I was wondering if it were possible to somehow retrieve them. I can access data from the computer, but I can't open the Firefox application due to the virus. I was running it on Vista with the newest version of Firefox as of April 2011.
I'd really appreciate the help - I cant remember all of my passwords.
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Everything should be in these articles
- Transferring data to a new profile - Firefox
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox - Profile folder
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile - Profile folder - Firefox
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox - Moving your profile folder
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Moving_your_profile_folder - Category:Profile contents (Firefox) - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Category:Profile_contents_(Firefox)
The first article tells what files you need for passwords, for your purposes everything is Firefox 3 (meaning Firefox 3 and up).
You could just copy the content of your entire profile into a profile created and then with Firefox down empty your new profile and repopulate with the old profile content.