I am attempting to recover my old bookmarks (and, hopefully, history) from my old computer to transfer to my new computer.

I recovered the hard drive from my old computer and am in the process of transferring my old files from it, but I am unsure where to find the old bookmark files. It would be wonderful if you could also help me recover the history -- I was in the habit of keeping a lot of tabs open and simply restoring them whenever I restarted my computer, so a lot of data was lost when my computer crashed.

Hi,
If the backup files are intact, then you would be able to copy the required files from the backup after installing Firefox and running it at least once in the new PC.
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20your%20information?s=backup&r=1&e=sph&as=s Backup]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder Firefox Profile Folder]
You have to copy and overwrite the needed files from the old profile folder into the same folder structure in the new profile. Some of the important files could be '''places.sqlite''' which holds the bookmarks and history, '''cert8.db''' which stores personal and additional certificates, '''key3.db''' + '''signons.sqlite''' which stores the saved websites usernames/passwords etc. To open the new profile folder, in Firefox, '''Help''' ('''Alt''' + '''H''') > '''Troubleshooting Information''' > '''Open Containing Folder''' and exit Firefox.
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Files]

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Hi,
Ok.....
I have just recovered my Samsung laptop back to the day I purchased it (for a fresh start)
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I've tried this many times but with no luck what so ever:
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I've re-installed Firefox 3 times
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2 Days down and I'm still can't get any of my bookmarks or passwords etc and for some reason when I create a new profile I can't find it as it's not in the location 'Profile Manager' says it is.
I'm now total lost and getting stressed out as I really need this data.
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Hello,
Thank you for your reply's.
I've been able to restore/apply all of my data (bookmarks, passwords etc) on my girl friends computer without any issues at all, therefore it's not something I'm doing wrong.
I've been so involved with trying to get my profile back on my computer I hadn't noticed that Firefox is not operating as it should, I've found:
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- Sometimes when I try to close a tab it will not close as such however once the 'x' is clicked I'm then unable to view the page but the tab still stays visible
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