How to get bookmarks from Firefox?

[newworldman]

I had a PC burn up a mother board or something the screen went black but still powers on. I tried new video card still no go. I bought a SSD/HDD quick adapter to hook to my IDE hard drive and try to read my info from it. I can't seam to find my Firefox bookmarks. Anyone know how to find them or where they are stored on the hard drive?

[valvehead]

On my Win7 install they are located at:

C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*someweirdstring*.default\bookmarkbackups

If you're on XP it would be:

C:\Documents and Settings\*username*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*someweirdstring*.default\bookmarkbackups

[aedipuss]

firefox calls it a profile. google backing up firefox profile and that should point you to the data.

[cal_tony]

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

If you had backed them up, they would be listed in the file bookmarks-date.json or .html. the folder that normally stores them is
duitetbm.default.

At least that where I found mine.

Tony

[greymalkin]

are you sure the issue was with overheating or a motherboad malfunction? Sometimes the power supply just gets "stuck" (I don't really know what's going on so I don't know what to call it). It causes the machine to power up and lights to come on but the computer never really boots up.

This happens after a power surge or storm usually and you have to unplug the power cord from the computer...hold the power button down for a few seconds, let go...then plug the computer back in and push the power button again.

I'm not saying it isn't any of the things you mentioned, just offering a possible solution if you aren't sure why it's doing what it is.

[guns1inger]

Once you get your bookmarks back, install the Xmarks plugin and create an account. You can then use Xmarks to keep a backup copy of your bookmarks on their servers. You can also use it to syncronise bookmarks between multiple machines, which is handy if you have a laptop and desktop, for example.

[newworldman]

are you sure the issue was with overheating or a motherboad malfunction? Sometimes the power supply just gets "stuck" (I don't really know what's going on so I don't know what to call it). It causes the machine to power up and lights to come on but the computer never really boots up.

This happens after a power surge or storm usually and you have to unplug the power cord from the computer...hold the power button down for a few seconds, let go...then plug the computer back in and push the power button again.

I'm not saying it isn't any of the things you mentioned, just offering a possible solution if you aren't sure why it's doing what it is.

Not for sure if it was a mother board or power supply or even a hard drive issue. I tried the unpluging thing and a new video card still no go. I only paid $100 for it. It is a Dell GX270. Worked great for surfing and what I need it for. But started using it for some HD video compressing when I should of just waited till my new pc was here and it burned up from running all night I believe. Just need the bookmarks and thing off the HD. Thanks for the info guys.

[pepegot1]

Why work hard instead of smart? Get MozBackup, ver. 1.4.10. Then, anytime you have a problem, you can quickly restore your settings.

[HotDamn!]

Once you get your bookmarks back, install the Xmarks plugin and create an account. You can then use Xmarks to keep a backup copy of your bookmarks on their servers. You can also use it to syncronise bookmarks between multiple machines, which is handy if you have a laptop and desktop, for example.

Thank you for posting that. Another useful thing I can try out

I've lost bookmarks before in the past and had to look them up on my drive so thanks again

[lordsmurf]

xmarks works on Chroma and IE, too.

[freebird73717]

I use an extension called febe to make a backup of all my bookmarks, usernames, passwords, extensions, themes, and more. Very useful.