Posted on 08/02/2013 1:59:52 PM PDT by 50sDad
My daughter's XP desktop computer crashed, and I am replacing it with another XP box. The old main drive is a slave drive on the new machine, and I can get all the document and picture files. Firefox is being a bear, however....is there any way to recover the Bookmarks file from the old disk and merge it onto the new one? If I had exported a bookmarks.htm file BEFORE the crash, I would be fine...but even running Firefox from the old drive won't seem to let me grab the bookmarks.
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).
Laugh at me if you must, but I have 4 PCs that still run on XP that are over 7 years old and give me not problems. I use them for basic functions and everyone in the house is happy. Of course those who ‘need’ more robust systems have them and have very good configurations.
I am staying put.
..What HE said. LOL All I know is the ‘show all bookmarks’ then ‘backup’. But I think what HE said will work.
Just don’t connect them to the net after Microsoft ends support for them and you’ll be fine. Otherwise be advised that what’s being called a ‘Hacker Storm’ is expected after EOS as hackers unleash exploits that they know MS will not be patching.
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/
Me Too,
MSFT has been “ending support” for XP for years now.
The main reason ?
XP doesn’t need support.
It actually works.
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.
“Just don’t connect them to the net after Microsoft ends support for them and you’ll be fine. Otherwise be advised that what’s being called a ‘Hacker Storm’ is expected after EOS as hackers unleash exploits that they know MS will not be patching.”
I doubt there are many holes in XP that a)hackers have not already exploited and b)such exploites having already turned MS & PC security outfits onto them and c)for which security patches have already been made.
I expect newer PC op sys have more undiscovered security holes than old ones.
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LOL. Me too - I have five boxes running XP and they can take it from my cold dead hands. So what if they’re ending support - everything works fine without it. Will the hackers target it once support ends? Maybe, but I have created images of each of my drives so I can easily restore if there’s a problem.
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. :)
Dac, my xp lasted 9 years, then sudden death. RIP.
Hadn’t the heart to bury it so it is still here under the desk, would make a nice cat warmer, but no cat. :(
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