My Vostro is trashed. I salvaged the hard drive and have it in a cage. I was able to save my bookmarks as an HTML file. How can I import them into a new computer? I asked a similar question yesterday and the solution did not work.
I have the original hard drive in a cage (i.e., I can not boot to it or load applications from it). I can access any file on the old drive from the new computer. I have also saved the bookmark file as an html file. I was given a solution to import from the html file that does not work.
How can I get my old bookmarks moved to my nes hard drive?
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How did you save those bookmarks in an HTML file? You have to be able to open Firefox to export them in the HTML format.
You need one of the JSON backups in the Profile folder or the places.sqlite file..
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
I plugged my old drive into an identical Vostro and saved my bookmarks per the instructions. Later, when I check the file, it was in html format. While waiting for the replacement laptop to arrive, I put my old (Vostro) hard drive into a case so I could access the files. I have been able to launch web pages from the file bt accessing them through My Documents so I know the file is good. The problem is, I apparently need to convert them into a JSON file in order to use them. There is a set of instructions on the Mozilla/Firefox website but that method does not work.
You can import an HTML file in the Firefox Bookmarks Manager.
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Import HTML : "From File"
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox