Wasn't able to backup, now what?

belledumonde · 11-27-2006, 04:14 AM

My computer went wacko and I had to completely reformat it. Before that though "the computer guy" was able to backup my hard drive on another hard drive and now I'm transferring the files back. I reinstalled FF using the FF2.0 setup thing and it's all fresh with no bookmarks, extensions or anything. I wasn't able to backup my FF profile before this happened and was wondering how, if I can, get back my extensions, passwords and bookmarks. They must be stored somewhere right? or wrong? Hoping someone could help me out. Those were a lot of bookmarks and extensions...

Thank you in advance :)

**koala** · 11-27-2006, 09:39 AM

If he did a full backup of your old drive, you should be able to find your Profile containing bookmarks, extensions, etc in
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile name>

It's a hidden folder so to make it visible open Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options > View tab > 'Show hidden files and folders', then copy the Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile name> folder onto your new hard drive and put it in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\

Make sure Firefox and Thunderbird aren't already running, then go to Start > Run > type firefox.exe -profilemanager and select the Profile you've just imported, make it the default and you should see all your settings back to normal.

belledumonde · 11-28-2006, 06:30 AM

Cool, just as it was. Thank you thank you thank you! :)

11-27-2006, 04:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
belledumonde Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 66 OS: WinXP	Wasn't able to backup, now what? My computer went wacko and I had to completely reformat it. Before that though "the computer guy" was able to backup my hard drive on another hard drive and now I'm transferring the files back. I reinstalled FF using the FF2.0 setup thing and it's all fresh with no bookmarks, extensions or anything. I wasn't able to backup my FF profile before this happened and was wondering how, if I can, get back my extensions, passwords and bookmarks. They must be stored somewhere right? or wrong? Hoping someone could help me out. Those were a lot of bookmarks and extensions... Thank you in advance :)

11-27-2006, 09:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,319 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	If he did a full backup of your old drive, you should be able to find your Profile containing bookmarks, extensions, etc in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile name> It's a hidden folder so to make it visible open Windows Explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options > View tab > 'Show hidden files and folders', then copy the Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile name> folder onto your new hard drive and put it in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\ Make sure Firefox and Thunderbird aren't already running, then go to Start > Run > type firefox.exe -profilemanager and select the Profile you've just imported, make it the default and you should see all your settings back to normal. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

11-28-2006, 06:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
belledumonde Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 66 OS: WinXP	Cool, just as it was. Thank you thank you thank you! :)