Recovering deleted browser history

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Would I be able to find them on this computer ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Did you make a backup of the files?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User

Unfortunately not.

It's not synced with any other devices anyway.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I wasn't even aware of Sync before; can that be used as a backup service ?

I recently have had a PUP on this computer, and had to follow instructions from 'Bleeping Computer' forums, in order to try and remedy that.

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Nope, no sync service should be used as a backup service.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

So, in future, how can I go about backing up everything e.g. bookmarks, history, etc ?

And can I retrieve it in future to import, in situations like this ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Just backup Opera's profile directory. For passwords you need to export them or use sync.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

And how do I backup Opera's profile directory, please ?

Or, access it ?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

If this is going to help my case any, my current version of Opera is 68.0.3618.165.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 You backup it like you backup anything, you create a copy somewhere else.

For the path to the profile directory, go to Menu > Help > About Opera or type opera://about on address bar.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I don't know whether this would be any use, but I upgraded to W10 2004 on 16th.

The Windows.old file is still on the computer.

Would that be any use ?

Thanks.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@mjbj24121 Probably not.