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import passwords

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Ray
Ray
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my old computer crashed and I need to get passwords to new computer. How to do this?

my old computer crashed and I need to get passwords to new computer. How to do this?

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cor-el
cor-el
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Were you previously using Sync with the old computer ?

Can you still access the profile folder on the old hard drive if you use an enclosure to connect this drive via USB or is that drive completely dead ?

For the logins you need logins.json and key4.db.

Location used for the main profile that keeps your personal data (Root Directory on about:profiles).

  • C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile>

Modified by cor-el

Ray
Ray Question owner
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Old comp wont power on. Not sync'd with any other units.

Terry
Terry
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The hard drive in the old computer may still be accessible but you need to install it to a case as an external drive or add it to your new computer. To do that and check the drive you probably need a technician. So, you have no backups?

Naheed
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If you have not turned on the syn on your old computer then the only way is suggested by @TerryN21. Connect the hard disk of the old computer and export all the bookmarks or locate the file "logins.json and key4.db".