Adding old bookmarks to my current ones?

Hi all,
I bought a new PC abroad whilst travelling this year and used it for a good 6 months. Now I'm back home, I want to move all of the bookmarks I had on my old laptop onto my new one.
However, I don't want to lose the new ones I've created, so I'm worried about simply syncing, in case the new files are overwritten. Will this happen? Or is there another way? Am I better off just doing it manually?
Any help here is much appreciated! :)

'''Export''' your bookmarks in HTML format from the older device, and then '''Import''' that HTML file into Firefox on the newer device.
This HTML file method will '''append''' the bookmarks that are on the newer device, but the downside is that '''''Tags''''' data won't be included, ''if you are using the Tags feature for your bookmarks on the old device.''
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer

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In the past, there were certain files in the "Local Settings" and "Application Data" folders that contain my current Bookmarks and current Bookmarks Toolbar contents. I have been able to copy these files to a jumpdrive then use it to bring my CURRENT bookmarks and boomarks toolbar to Firefox on a different computer. When I attempt to do the same now, I get my bookmarks from 2 years ago and nothing at all on my bookmarks toolbar. I have successfully done this as recently as this past February. What happened to them and why can I not do this anymore?
I NEED to have these bookmarks and bookmarks toolbar on my other computers. I do NOT want them uploaded to YOUR servers to be able to do this. The whole reason I use Firefox is to avoid using M$ for the very same reason you are now trying to force on your faithful users. This has been a huge factor for most of us to use Firefox, to get away from IE.

If you have access to Firefox on that computer then export the bookmarks to an HTML file. 
Otherwise you need the JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder and restore the bookmarks from the most recent JSON backup. 
Note that this will replace all current bookmarks, so in order to keep these you need to export them to an HTML file and reimport that file after you have restored the JSON backup.
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox

Can't get rid of old bookmark list for current list to save for backup

My computer was infected with malware and crashed in November. I lost everything but was able to get my bookmarks back with a jump drive.
I then went in and removed a lot of bookmarks and folders, and have added a lot of other folders and bookmarks over time. I do mean a lot.
I am now trying to make a current back up, but every time I try to export it to html format it reverts back to the original list that was edited to the current list, which I can see, and even though it does light up when I select all, it again reverts back to the original list for export, and will not show the list as is now.
Am curious why the original list is even here, as it should of disappeared when the computer crashed, so how can it still be here is another question, but this is not my main question of course.
How do I get rid of the original list and get it to export the current list for back up? PLEASE! Once bitten twice shy.
Running XP Professional on a Sony Vaio 2002.
I have tried to make a copy in a word doc but cannot get it to "copy" to paste to put it into that format.
Thank you in advance, Trisha

I'm still unclear what is happening when you export.
This article has the steps to export bookmarks to an HTML file: [[Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks]].
Are you saying that the file you export contains the old bookmarks that you removed, or the old bookmarks reappear in Firefox when you try to export??
The JSON format consists of text, but isn't meant to be easily read. Its real purpose is to be restored back to Firefox is you lose your bookmarks. So it is a convenient backup format.
I can understand that you aren't sure what it contains. If you'd like to see how it restores, you can copy the .json file to a convenient location (e.g., thumb drive or documents folder) and restore it into a new Firefox profile.
This doesn't replace your existing Firefox settings, but would be an independent settings folder that exists alongside it. You can create and switch between profiles for testing, to isolate different users, or other purposes. Just don't delete any profiles without backing up the ones you really care about, just in case something were to go wrong during the process.
Exit Firefox and start up in the Profile Manager using Start > search box (or Run):
firefox.exe -P
Any time you want to switch profiles, exit Firefox and return to this dialog.
When creating a new profile, I recommend using the default location suggested, and to avoid data loss, not re-using any existing folder.
Once you get the new profile with its default bookmarks, you can restore your last .json backup to see what it includes. This is where the "convenient location" comes in: when using the steps in the following article, you will use "Choose File" to locate that .json file. [[Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer]].

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I can not delete my history and adding new bookmarks.
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Look for the file '''moz_hosts''' in the folder '''places.sqlite'''.
Don't delete the file, just delete the information in the file. My file has over 3600 websites, which go back years!! I did not know they were there, but I was frustrated about not being able to get rid of them. They popped up every time I used the address bar. Clearing my history would not get rid of them.
This is where they are stored!! I found that by deleting the pesky web site from '''moz_hosts''', it does not appear in my address bar anymore!!!
I think that if I just delete all the websites in moz_hosts....
Wa-la...History Gone!!!
As long as you don't delete the file, just empty it, FireFox won't know the difference. It will just keep adding websites to it until you empty it again.
Why running "clear recent history" doesn't do this, I don't know. You are doing manually what "clear recent history" is not doing.
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''dupe of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/911712''
I can only delete one bookmark at a time? How Can I delete mutiple old bookmarks?

Did this answer your question or do you still have a question about deleting Bookmarks --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/911712
Deleting multiple Bookmarks is covered in the article referenced in my reply to the above post.
'''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when signed-in to the forum.'''

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Adding old bookmarks to my current ones?

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