Importing from FireFox after a Win7 re-installation

I had to re-install windows which put my old files into a sub directory called Windows.old
My bookmarks I'm sure are in there but not sure how to import them into my new instance of Firefox, any suggestions?
Steve

Did you find the old Firefox Profile Folder?
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
The "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K and the "AppData" folder in Vista/Windows 7 are hidden folders.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders
See also:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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