Motherboard crashed on old computer. Moved old harddrive to new computer to access all files. I cannot locate my extensive bookmark library from the old drive. Is there a way?
The old drive from the crashed motherboard functions perfectly in this newer computer as drive "F". However I cannot find a way to access the extensive bookmarks library I had there before moving that drive here to the newer computer and reinstalling Firefox fresh.
Is there possibly any system folder or other that MAY have kept my Firefox browser bookmark library?
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That shouldn't have happened, Firefox would have no reason to look for an old Profile anywhere except the drive where the active version of Windows is installed. Make sure you unhide hidden files and folders in Folder Options -> View in the Windows Control Panel.
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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
Your old Profile is located here in Win XP and W2K:
drive:\Documents and Settings\Windows login user name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profile_name
Within drive F (the old drive installed here), documents and settings\user name (channing)\application data... there is no Mozilla etc...
Could it be that when I installed fresh Mozilla on the new drive BEFORE I looked up old drive F Firefox that it took over all data from the old F drive? Deleting it?
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That shouldn't have happened, Firefox would have no reason to look for an old Profile anywhere except the drive where the active version of Windows is installed. Make sure you unhide hidden files and folders in Folder Options -> View in the Windows Control Panel.
Thorough search w/hidden files/folders... "user data" only comes up under google chrome in both drives, presumably because that was the browser pre-installed on the new computer. It appears to me that when I installed Firefox fresh on this system it relegated all previous Firefox datas obsolete, "from a non-root drive", and started fresh. Perhaps if I do system restore to prior to the new Firefox installation I may be able to open my original Firefox browser out of my F disc first, then possibly have my bookmarks available?
Perhaps I should change the settings on the drive F as "slave" on the back of the drive, instead of parallel drive, too?