Lost computer and after restore I don't have bookmarks
My PC died and I could not boot from bootable flash drive.
I had been backing up the system with Acronis to a WD Passport.
I purchased a new computer, and when I did a restore, upon starting Firefox, I did not have my old bookmarks, which are many.
Aren't they stored in a backup? If so, how do I get them back. I'm sure that some of the bookmarks came over from Netscape Navigator.
Thanks,
Bob
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Hi Bob, how does Acronis work? Did it back up everything in your old
C:\Users\username
folder? Firefox data is under a hidden path, so as the first step, set Windows to display hidden files and folders:
Then in your backup, look for:
x:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox
Do you have stuff there which wasn't already restored?
Note: if your Windows username changed, there might also be some permission issues to clean up when copy/pasting stuff around.
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Hi Bob, how does Acronis work? Did it back up everything in your old
C:\Users\username
folder? Firefox data is under a hidden path, so as the first step, set Windows to display hidden files and folders:
Then in your backup, look for:
x:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox
Do you have stuff there which wasn't already restored?
Note: if your Windows username changed, there might also be some permission issues to clean up when copy/pasting stuff around.
First, thank you for your direction. I eventually found the bookmark backups, and after floundering awhile, and going to youtube to find out about cutting/pasting a jsonlz4 file, I was able to import from a backup file!
Acronis is a backup/restore program for Western Digital products. When I contacted WD about backup to my WD Passport, they had me install Acronis.
I'm keeping your mail for future referene.
Thanks,
Bob
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