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OS re-installed, lost firfox and settings. tried to copy over places.sqlite form a restored version from a ms system backup but that firefox deletes copied vers

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OS re-installed, lost firefox and setting. I have no backup of book marks. Tried copying places.sqlite from a system restore from 12/19/2014 which is 80k in size while firefox is down. after firefox is brought backup, 80k places.sqlite gone, replaced by 10k size version.

OS re-installed, lost firefox and setting. I have no backup of book marks. Tried copying places.sqlite from a system restore from 12/19/2014 which is 80k in size while firefox is down. after firefox is brought backup, 80k places.sqlite gone, replaced by 10k size version.

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Note that the places.sqlite file has fixed file sizes and is increased in 10 MB chunks.

Also make sure to remove any SQLite temp files places.sqlite-shm and places.sqlite-wal when present.

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hello ffuser2013, are you importing the file into the current profile while firefox is closed?

Recover important data from an old profile

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Yes, I shut down firefox, copy the old places.sqlite file of 81,920 kb, bring up firefox. After firefox comes backup the places.sqlite size changes to 10,240 kb and then a places.sqlite.corrupt file of 1,151 kb appears in the folder.

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Note that the places.sqlite file has fixed file sizes and is increased in 10 MB chunks.

Also make sure to remove any SQLite temp files places.sqlite-shm and places.sqlite-wal when present.

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I ended firefox. I cleared all the places files, sqlite, sqlite-was , sqlite-shm and sqlite.corrupt. copied over the places.sqlite file. Brought up firefox all have restored the bookmarks. Thanks for the assistance.