Anyone use Mozbackup?
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Anyone use Mozbackup?
I recently had to reinstall Windows 10 on my laptop. I backup up the whole hard drive and also used Mozbackup to make sure that Firefox and Thunderbird were backed up. There are two logins on Windows... mine and my brothers... I was able to restore my Firefox and T-brid without a problem. However when I logged into his account and used Mozbackup to restore his Firefox bookmarks, settings, etc. it didn't work... everything was blank like a new install. Any ideas why it worked for my account and not his??? I know that Mozbackup is old and no longer used by many, but it did still work for me until this incident. ????
- LIMPET235
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
Hi,
As you know, it hasn't been supported for a long time & is very buggy.
Maybe you struck one?
Here's the current solution to backing up...& it's free...
> https://www.hekasoft.com/hekasoft-backup-restore/
Good luck.
As you know, it hasn't been supported for a long time & is very buggy.
Maybe you struck one?
Here's the current solution to backing up...& it's free...
> https://www.hekasoft.com/hekasoft-backup-restore/
Good luck.
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(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
Win-10-H/64 bit/500G SSD/16 Gig Ram/450Watt PSU/350WattUPS/Firefox-115.0.2/T-bird-115.3.2./SnagIt-v10.0.1/MWP-7.12.125.
(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
Thanks for the response. I did read the Mozbackup was buggy and have downloaded and used Hekasoft since. But that won't help restore Firefox and T-bird settings unless Hekasoft uses the same file format. ??? I formatted and reinstalled Windows 10 so that data is gone if I can't restore it.
- DanRaisch
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
1) I believe that Limpet was suggesting that you use Hekasoft for the future, not to try to restore data already saved using MozBackup.that won't help restore Firefox and T-bird settings unless Hekasoft uses the same file format.
2) Mozbackup doesn't really have a unique file format for backup files. They are simply ZIP file with a different extension, PCV in place of ZIP. You could unpack the ZIP file using any unZip utility and try putting the expanded files into the appropriate profile.
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
Okay, I'll give that a try with an unzip utility. Thanks.
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
I used to. It was VERY useful and helpful. I heard it no longer works. I wish someone would bring it back up to date.
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
DN123ABC - I agree... it was a simple program but very useful. Maybe Hekasoft is too... have yet to try it.
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Re: Anyone use Mozbackup?
Hekasoft is wonderful. Try it. You can always not use the backup it makes, but it's quite wonderful.