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How to find and import prior bookmarks, after hard drive crashed and new program is installed?

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ElvinP
ElvinP
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After having a crash, my hard drive data was saved in a backup file but I need help in finding and bringing the saved bookmark file(s) into the newly installed program.

After having a crash, my hard drive data was saved in a backup file but I need help in finding and bringing the saved bookmark file(s) into the newly installed program.

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

Your old Profile is located here in Win XP and W2K:
drive:\Documents and Settings\Windows login user name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profile_name

ElvinP
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Thank you for directing me to the data file but how do I "import" it into the presently used (new) version of Firefox or "Paste" them into the saved bookmark tab?

Elvin

ElvinP
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Thanks again.....I answered my own last question to you and did get the bookmarks to "import" into the present version!

Much appreciated!

Elvin