Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP in 248 days. It’s time to move on to something newer like Windows 7.
can you run firefox from the old drive?
If so, use the sync feature.
Under Tools> Set up Sync>
there is a file you can copy from one to another. i think i found out about it on the firefox support site... i will look for you
Search for a file called places.sqlite on the old drive.
Open the file explorer and go here: "{old drive letter}\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" and look for a folder titled "default". You'll need to supply the values inside the parenthesis, of course. Poke around in there and look for a file titled places.sqlite. Once you find it, copy it to the exact same location on the C: drive into her new profile (remember her username might be different now).
FF bookmarks are usually in a .json or .html file — possibly bookmarks.json or bookmarks.htm.
You can use a backup program to save all the FF settings and restore them on the new hard drive.
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
As others have pointed out, you can grab that profile. Some are pointing you right to the bookmarks file. I personally grab the whole profile and move it over because I have my menu set up a certain way, etc. Here is a link that has info on how to grab that whole profile and the path:
you may need to show hidden files/folders to get to AppData.
Click ‘Bookmarks’
Click ‘Show all Bookmarks’
Click (on top) ‘Imports and Backups’
Click ‘Export to HTML’
Save it as ‘bookmarks.html’ on your desktop or another drive.
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On threads of this topic I’m only good for sympathy, not savvy.
Been there with Firefox and bookmarks. My xp lived a long life and was a good sport for all those years, but when occasionally I tried to move bookmarks, it was always a hassle. What I ended up doing was, regular copying of them, and I mean a screenshot and a printed copy of that. Otherwise it was a complex, fatiguing, irritating process.
And even if you know how, I’ve learned, you should not mess with your bookmarks before backing them up. One wrong move and the bookmarks are blown away.
By the way, I liked Firefox too, until I came upon Opera. Also, over the years new versions of Firefox were no improvement over the old, and the xp was having a hard time with their plug-in program.
Another good way to back up your bookmarks is to send them all to a different browser. If you lose them in Firefox you can still access them in Opera or Chrome.
Why stick with xp? Windows 7 is great. Windows 8 is meh, but you can live with it.
Back up everything. A little gadget that looks like a micro Bic lighter will copy everything on your pc in no time flat. You can hang it off a keychain. Stick it in a new laptop that costs under $300 and you got everything you had before, plus a lot of neat new features.
Back up everything...every couple of weeks!
Don’t worry, 99 percent of it you will never revisit anyway. :)
There should be a bookmarks.html file there or maybe in the Profiles directory. It usually makes a bookmarks backup when FF is exited.