Import Firefox from another computer
My old laptop crashed and I had to buy another one. My old one was running Windows XP and my new one has Windows 8. I pulled the hard drive from my old computer to recover my files. Is it possible for me to recover my favorites and saved passwords for Firefox from my old hard drive?
Thank you
Thats where Sync option comes into action. '''Open the firefox in your old device. '''
At the top of the Firefox window, click the Tools menu and select Set Up Sync.
The Firefox Sync Setup window will open.
Click Create a New Account.
Fill in your account details:
1> Email address
2> Choose a password and enter it a second time to make sure you have it right.
3> Agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
4> Confirm that you're not a robot!
5> To change what information gets synced, click Sync Options. The default is to sync your add-ons, bookmarks, passwords, preferences, history and tabs.
Finally, click Next.
You will see a Setup Complete! message. Click Close to close the progress window and take you back to Firefox. Don't worry, your data will continue to be encrypted and uploaded in the background.
'''Now Open your new device '''
1> At the top of the Firefox window, click the Tools menu and select Set Up Sync. The Firefox Sync Setup window will open.
2> Click I Have an Account.
3> The code to add this computer will be displayed.
enter the code and follow the steps and you will be done
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hi guys!
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Edited by: Shaor-1 on Dec 22, 2008 3:47 AMhey!
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import java.sql.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
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static String exist = "existed";
static int ye = 2221;
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public static void main (String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
go();
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try
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msg += " (" + cf.format(m.price) + ")";
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Thread.sleep(1000*10);
catch (InterruptedException ex) {
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} catch (SQLException e)
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Connection con = getConnection();
try {
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+ "(title, year, price) "
+ "values ("
+ "\"" + d + "\"" + ", "
+ ye + ", " + pr +");";
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try {
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"from movie order by year";
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return rows;
catch (SQLException e)
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
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try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
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String user = "root";
String pw = "x";
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pw);
System.out.println("****INFO****");
catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
System.out.println("1");
System.exit(0);
catch (SQLException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
System.out.println("2");
System.exit(0);
return con;
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try {
String title = movies.getString("Title");
int year = movies.getInt("Year");
double price = movies.getDouble("price");
return new Movie(title, year, price);
catch (SQLException e)
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
return null;
private static class Movie
public String title;
public int year;
public double price;
public Movie(String title, int year, double price)
this.title = title;
this.year = year;
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BTW_
my computers ip is: 81.229.40.17
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My dilemma today is this:
I always had on firefox on menu "import and backup" > > "import data from another browser" listing chrome like this
https://support.mozilla.org/media/uploads/gallery/images/2012-02-24-10-35-53-97ff60.png
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