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Changing Hard Drive

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bryanrh
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I am about to have my hard drive changed I cannot remember how I setup Firefox on my PC and AOL email access through Firefox. What do I need to do before and after the change? Do I need to copy my email records from AOL? I am not computer literate and need step by step help.

I am about to have my hard drive changed I cannot remember how I setup Firefox on my PC and AOL email access through Firefox. What do I need to do before and after the change? Do I need to copy my email records from AOL? I am not computer literate and need step by step help.

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Unless you are doing something different, you are using Firefox to access your mail provider's website. The data remains on that site until you remove it. Note: Junk mail and deleted folders are cleaned out now and then.

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FredMcD
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Unless you are doing something different, you are using Firefox to access your mail provider's website. The data remains on that site until you remove it. Note: Junk mail and deleted folders are cleaned out now and then.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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What about any bookmarks or saved logins you set up in Firefox? Firefox Sync should help you recover those when you set up a new installation of Firefox, but it's not completely reliable. This article suggests how to make a backup of your Firefox data:

Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles

Actually, you probably should back up everything on that disk that you wouldn't want to lose.

bryanrh
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Thanks for your help

FredMcD
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Glad to help. Safe Surfing.