I want to use Firefox for search I wante to open a home page and give a password

I use my computer for limited purposes email movies on Hulu ,other free movies, games etc. I am a senior citizen. I just bought a new computer and I'm t ying to reconnect with sites I had on my old computer. Thank you for your help.
Steve Burns

See:
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

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