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Bookmark html files appear to have disappeared

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I recently had an issue with my last computer where it stopped powering on. I determined the best course of action was to purchase a new computer.

My old computer was running Firefox 15.0.1 on Windows XP. My new computer has a fresh download of Firefox at the newest version of 16.0.2 on Windows 7.

I saved the hard drive from my last computer as I managed to do a backup of all my files except I forgot to do my bookmarks from both internet explorer and Firefox.

Today my new computer came, and I attached the old hard drive to my new computer assuming that my bookmarks would still be available on that hard drive and I could just move them over to my computer.

However, after a little digging in the Firefox program files I came across a document called removed-files. I opened it as a Microsoft Word document and searched for the word "bookmark*" in the file.

I came across some disturbing evidence that looks to me as though my bookmarks have been arbitrarily deleted from my old hard drive's Firefox program files, as I came across 3 files with the word bookmark in this document:

components/bookmarks.xpt defaults/profile/bookmarks.html modules/services-sync/engines/bookmarks.js

So my question is, do I have any hope of recovery of my old bookmarks? Or are they lost forever? I had probably close to 100 there, so it would obviously be very time consuming to add them all back manually.

Any help anyone could provide would be most help helpful.

I recently had an issue with my last computer where it stopped powering on. I determined the best course of action was to purchase a new computer. My old computer was running Firefox 15.0.1 on Windows XP. My new computer has a fresh download of Firefox at the newest version of 16.0.2 on Windows 7. I saved the hard drive from my last computer as I managed to do a backup of all my files except I forgot to do my bookmarks from both internet explorer and Firefox. Today my new computer came, and I attached the old hard drive to my new computer assuming that my bookmarks would still be available on that hard drive and I could just move them over to my computer. However, after a little digging in the Firefox program files I came across a document called removed-files. I opened it as a Microsoft Word document and searched for the word "bookmark*" in the file. I came across some disturbing evidence that looks to me as though my bookmarks have been arbitrarily deleted from my old hard drive's Firefox program files, as I came across 3 files with the word bookmark in this document: components/bookmarks.xpt defaults/profile/bookmarks.html modules/services-sync/engines/bookmarks.js So my question is, do I have any hope of recovery of my old bookmarks? Or are they lost forever? I had probably close to 100 there, so it would obviously be very time consuming to add them all back manually. Any help anyone could provide would be most help helpful.

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Firefox stores your personal data in the Firefox Profile Folder.

The "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K and the "AppData" folder in Vista/Windows 7 are hidden folders.

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1. "removed-files" isn't related to Firefox
2. Bookmarks aren't stored in Firefox program files. Whatever files you find there are the "program files" and the default files which Firefox uses to create a new Profile. The bookmarks.html file you found there contains the bookmarks which come with Firefox.
3. bookmarks.html files haven't been actively used in Firefox since the Firefox 2.0 versions. A file named places.sqlite is where Firefox stores the users bookmarks.
4. https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+and+restoring+bookmarks

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Избрано решение

Firefox stores your personal data in the Firefox Profile Folder.

The "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K and the "AppData" folder in Vista/Windows 7 are hidden folders.

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Thanks, cor-el. I had no idea the Application files were hidden folders. Once I had hidden folders shown, I had the problem fixed in 5 minutes....restored from the most recent date and VOILA!!! Favorites now restored.

Thanks again.