My hard drive died but I am able to reach the files on it; can recover myFirefox bookmarks?

Recently, my hard drive crashed but I have a lot of bookmarks I'd really like to keep. I have a hard drive enclosure that allows me to reach the files on that hard drive through another computer. I was hoping that I'd be able to rescue those book marks through this. I had Windows 7 and Firefox 3.6. Any help would be really appreciated! Thank you!!

Sorry, it's been awhile since I have read that article, looks like it is slightly different than I recall.
You need to locate your old Firefox Profile folder. <br />
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Finding_the_profile_folder <br />
Start with the section titled - '''Navigating to the profile folder'''
You need the '''places.sqlite''' file. Copy that file from the old Profile folder into the new Profile folder, replacing the same named file that is in the new Profile folder.

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