Need simple instructions on moving profile to new computer from a non-firefox backup.

My windows XP computer crashed. I have built a new Windows 8.1 computer. I have a normal (non-Firefox back up) of the old hard drive. I have found the profiles in the back up. There are actually 2 that say default. How can I figure out which is the correct one (they have the same date) and move the profile(s) or the information in them to the new computer? I looked at the information here but it I could not figure out what to do.

If you have more than one account you will have more than one Firefox profile. Or are the files the same and it is smoke and mirrors with Windows or an artefact of whatever backup or cloning / imaging system you used.
Start by moving the folders and files to your new computer put them some where like documents or the desktop.
Install Firefox on the new computer then create a new additional profile. Accept a default location and give it a short but memorable name XP-2013 for instance. It is good practice not to rename profiles.
As long as you are working with copies and not destroying the original or the original copies; you will discover which is the required profile. (Or even if you need them both and are to have multiple profiles &/or multiple OS accounts.)
Now overwrite some of the new profile's files with copies made from the copy that you now have in documents. This article explains in more detail and suggests which files to copy over and which not to copy.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox#Suggested_profile_contents_to_transfer (scroll the article)

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