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how do i restore FF's bookmarks from a old windows drive?

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orizzonte
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i had to change to a new motherboard and hard drive. i need FF to be as it was one week ago. how do i gain all my old bookmarks back from the old FF install i have sitting on my old hard drive? my current motherboard is unable to boot into the old drive. the old drive is like unto a giant thumb drive.

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i had to change to a new motherboard and hard drive. i need FF to be as it was one week ago. how do i gain all my old bookmarks back from the old FF install i have sitting on my old hard drive? my current motherboard is unable to boot into the old drive. the old drive is like unto a giant thumb drive. please and thank you

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CTRL-SHIFT-B to show all bookmarks. Then use Import and Backup to navigate to your old bookmarks and import them. If they were not exported from the old setup first in a .html format, they will be in a "places.sqlite" file rather than a bookmarks.html file. In that case use the restore option rather than the import option.

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moving files this link mentions, --> https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile and restoring bookmarks from a .json file helped me. thank you