I have a new Win 7 machine, new FF 3.6.3, old hard drive, now external, can't get bookmarks from it to new installation

I got a new computer, Win 7, 64 bit OS, bought an external drive housing where my old hard drive now exists as an external drive. I downloaded a new copy of Firefox, 3.6.3, and would like to get my bookmarks from the old hard drive into the new one but have not found a way to do so. The organize bookmarks/import thing didn't work. I can SEE all of them on the other drive but can't find a way to import them to my new Firefox bookmarks without doing it one by one and there are a couple hundred. I'd like to be able to get them all and have them merge into identically named folders, only a few of which I've created so far in the new machine.

Ok, let me try to explain step-by-step:
#The bookmarks are '''not''' in HTML file. This is OK. Firefox does not store the bookmarks in HTML format.
#Even if you boot the old Firefox, it will show the new bookmarks. This is also OK. You can't really do much about that.
#Uninstalling and re-installing Firefox will '''not''' solve your problem. Firefox will '''not''' see the bookmarks in the external hard drive. Please '''do not''' try this approach.
Now, to make things as simple as possible, let's try to bring all of your old bookmarks and settings into the new computer.
#Make sure that you have closed Firefox completely. This can be done by selecting '''File''' menu and then clicking on '''Exit'''.
#You said you were able to locate the Profile folder on the '''external hard drive''', right? Just to confirm, the name of this folder is something like xxxxxxxx.default (for example, my Profile folder is named 9qnmvkea.default. Yours will be something similar).
#Double click on this folder to open it.
#Select the '''Edit''' menu and click on '''Select All'''. Select the '''Edit''' menu again and then click on '''Copy'''.
#Now, open Firefox from your new computer and follow the instructions given in this article to locate your new Profile folder: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information#Locate_your_profile_folder Locate your profile folder]. Again, this folder would be named like xxxxxxxx.default
#Once this is done, again close Firefox by selecting '''File''' menu and then clicking on '''Exit'''.
#Double click on your new Profile folder to open it.
#Select the '''Edit''' menu and click on '''Paste'''. Windows will ask you if you want to replace existing files with same name. Select '''replace'''. Wait till all the files have been replaced.
#Open Firefox again from the new computer. Hopefully, you should see your old bookmarks now.

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