Importing *.url favorites (from a HDD folder) into Mac - HELP?!

Question

Background:
My old PC (running Win. XP) hard disc drive failed, and I had a local computer shop clear the contents onto a 500GB external HDD as I couldn't do it.
Issue:
They have put the favorites into a folder, simply with all the links down as .url ending files. eg:
remember to do this.url
shop link.url
website link.url
etc...
How on earth do I get these into Safari (or even Firefox) on my Mac? I tried importing with both browsers, but they can't recognise the filetype it seems. While Safari (but NOT Firefox) can open each link individually if I click on it, as I have 1000+ in here, I can't possibly open them all rename and resave; I need to do a mass-import job.
(Note I don't have access to a Windows machine, and importantly they are coming from a file on a separate HDD and not from Windows machine where they can perhaps be exported out.)
...did some Googling, but no joy. Help appreciated

Answer 1

DONE IT !!
Finally found this out myself...
You will need (borrow): *a Windows machine (or have it running in bootcamp/virtual machine on mac)*.
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– copy the folder with all your *.url files in it onto the Windows machine (eg. onto the desktop); a usb stick or email the file to the win machine seems easiest.
– find the Favorites folder on the win machine (I was using old win98 where it's at ~WindowsFavorites, but may be slightly different path on newer versions), where you'll notice all the fav's already on the win machine you are using (if any) will be saved as .url ending files.
– copy & paste your .url links into that folder in one go (or just select the ones you want).
– open IE (Internet Explorer), and export the fav's under the File drop-menu option; usually Export or similar. It will produce an .htm file and ask where you want to save (back onto Desktop perhaps).
– copy this .htm file onto your Mac somewhere (via usb stick/email, again), open *Safari>File>Import Bookmarks*, and they'll appear inside Safari as an imported set of bookmarks. (NB: you may/may not have to change the file ending from .htm to .html manually before importing for it to work.)
Et voila!
Now you can do what you like with them (including re-sorting/re-filing, or importing/exporting to Firefox/other browser of choice, or upload to online bookmark site, or ... well you get the idea).
Pain in the backside you can't do this natively inside OS X, but at least there IS a solution. Shame it took me hours to work it out!