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Need the physical hard drive location and file for bookmarks. my main had had a critical OS based $MFT ( main file table ) error ad i can no longer start the OS

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Need the physical hard drive location and file for bookmarks. My main HDD had a critical OS based $MFT (main file table ) error and I can no longer start the OS I have installed a new copy of my OS on a slightly smaller (500gig) HDD and would like to retrieve the Firefox data from the old HDD before I format it. Please help

Need the physical hard drive location and file for bookmarks. My main HDD had a critical OS based $MFT (main file table ) error and I can no longer start the OS I have installed a new copy of my OS on a slightly smaller (500gig) HDD and would like to retrieve the Firefox data from the old HDD before I format it. Please help

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ER $MFT ( Master File Table ) sorry for the typo of the incorrect term. I'm exhausted haven't slept in a couple days trying to fix this PC

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See:

Mac:

  • /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/<profile>/