how to transfer google chrome passwords to new computer

Second try ChromePass and enter in all the advanced paths. So I'd say first find out if Sync was enabled if they had a 'cloud' account. I entered all the advanced paths and the user's login password and it decrypted all the passwords. I also just tried a newer version of ChromePass from NirSoft and that did the trick too. Luckily I had a newer system to use since the old drive was GPT, and an old desktop I initially tried didn't boot because it was too old, even had UEFI enabled. Then in the new computer I imported the passwords. After Windows 10 stated 'Getting devices ready' it finally booted into their old Windows and I went to Chrome and exported the passwords. What I did do this time that worked, but may not depending on the situation, is plug the drive into one of my new build 11th gen computers. On a new machine I even created a new user account similar to the one they had before, and even used the same password. Simply goto Google password site and they should be thereI also stated in my post 'even if they don't have a google account synched.' Most customers don't use any form of cloud syncing. Thanks for your advice on that imaging software, I'll have a look at it. I've posted the question to google communities. Crystal Diskinfo (free) set to alert you to disk degradation using SMART parameters vs thresholds.Įarly warning system.Thanks for your answer. Weekly imaging - even daily- and you see how little you may risk losing.ī. Thus if it fails to complete an image, you get an error message and are alterted. The very act of imaging requires your disk be sound. The you can often recover without technical help. Macrium Reflect (free) + external storage.

I'll offer the same advice on protecting your time and your data as I've given so many times.Ī. This is a detailed Chrome question and as such might be better addressed on a Chrome forum.

However I have no idea whether transferring such a file to another instance of the browser will work.

You can of course try to access that on your defective drive connected as an external drive- and hope it's intact. If your passwords were synched, then recovery is easy and independent of your drive. Is the first step - two suggestions are given here, and which are relevant depends on your usage:Īnyone know how to find the password file for chrome on a hard drive? - Web Browsing/Email and Other Internet Applications

How to transfer google chrome passwords to new computer