My tools feature in firefox does not have private browsing

My motherboard was recently changed.previous to that my desktop had the private browsing feature in firefox.but after the change, the tools feature does not have private browsing settings. it only has "clear private data" setting.now how do i create a private bbrowsing setting?'''

You currently seem to be running a Firefox 3.0.6 version according to the user agent and that version doesn't have Private Browsing mode.
You should update as soon as possible to a currently supported release version.
You can find the latest Firefox release in all languages and for all Operating Systems here:
*Firefox 10.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html
*Firefox 3.6.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

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