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I just put another C drive with a new install of windows and firefox is on a slaved drive with the old copy of windows- how do I recover my profile?

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Bilbo
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so, I have Firefox and Thunderbird on a now slaved drive to a new C drive, with a fresh install of windows. The old copy of windows is still on the slaved drive- can I recover my profile, bookmarks, and email?

so, I have Firefox and Thunderbird on a now slaved drive to a new C drive, with a fresh install of windows. The old copy of windows is still on the slaved drive- can I recover my profile, bookmarks, and email?

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the-edmeister
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https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

cor-el
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See:

The "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K and the "AppData" folder in Vista/Windows 7 are hidden folders.