Import bookmarks history without a back up available
A few days ago the motherboard on my computer went out, and the computer is Kaput. The hard drive is OK. I installed it as a secondary drive on my new computer (both Win XP SP3s)
What used to be my local c:\drive is now my e:\ drive, and that is where all my bookmarks and history are stored.
Of course there is no back up, so I need to know if there a way I can get my settings from the e:\drive into my newly-installed Firefox?
Modified by MargaretBartley
Chosen solution
- Locate your old profile on your now secondary drive (E:/)
- Open your current profile (on C:/)
- In Firefox Help > Troubleshooting Information > Application Basics section | Profile Folder | click Show Folder button will open an explorer window of your current profile folder
- close Firefox
- Copy places.sqlite from your old profile folder (on E:/) to your new profile folder (on C:/)
- Caution: copying the file over the top of the current places.sqlite file will over-write any bookmarks/history that you have added to the new Firefox profile on your current drive C./
- Restart Firefox and your Bookmarks and History should be available
Other files that you can copy from your old profile to your new profile. Do not copy the profile folder itself.
- http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
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Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
- Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: Installing (or Updating) the Shockwave plugin with Firefox
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox
- Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): Updating Flash in Firefox
- Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: Installing or Updating Java in Firefox
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Chosen Solution
- Locate your old profile on your now secondary drive (E:/)
- Open your current profile (on C:/)
- In Firefox Help > Troubleshooting Information > Application Basics section | Profile Folder | click Show Folder button will open an explorer window of your current profile folder
- close Firefox
- Copy places.sqlite from your old profile folder (on E:/) to your new profile folder (on C:/)
- Caution: copying the file over the top of the current places.sqlite file will over-write any bookmarks/history that you have added to the new Firefox profile on your current drive C./
- Restart Firefox and your Bookmarks and History should be available
Other files that you can copy from your old profile to your new profile. Do not copy the profile folder itself.
- http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when signed-in to the forum.
Not related to your question, but...
You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary:
- Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
- Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: Installing (or Updating) the Shockwave plugin with Firefox
- Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape: Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox
- Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): Updating Flash in Firefox
- Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: Installing or Updating Java in Firefox
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