Retrieving bookmarks from the files of recovered from a failed harddrive?

accidental duplicate (due to second request for confirmation I think)
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1. The 'Favorites' folder you're referring to is the IE bookmarks, not Firefox ones. You can make use of it by putting it to similar location as it was on the new hard drive, and seeing them appear when you launch IE on the new machine.
2. Since you seem to have messed with your current profile, please make a new one as described at [[Managing profiles]], and proceed with it.
3. If step 1 succeeds, you can import bookmarks from the current installation of IE using the '''File''' -> '''Import''' menu. It's described here in detail: [[Importing favorites and other data from Internet Explorer]].
4. Firefox stores the bookmarks in the [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile Profile folder], '''places.sqlite''' file. If you find it on the old machine, you can just copy it over to the new profile and restart Firefox.

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You would have to find the previously used Firefox profile folder in the Time Machine backup.
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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Make sure to remove other possible places.sqlite files (places.sqlite-shm and places.sqlite-wal in particular).
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

I had my computer replaced but copied my hard drive and now I can't access my firefox bookmarks, how can I go and extract the bookmarks from my copied harddrive?

My HP Touchsmart was sent back in to HP for repairs under warranty. I was advised to make a copy of my harddrive because they may erase my hard drive, which they did, if the problem had to do with a faulty motherboard, which it was. They replaced my HD with a brand new one and now I DO NOT have any of my data installed in the new computer. Luckily I still have an exact replicate of my hard drive on a seperate external HD. However, when I looked in the bookmark.html under the firefox folder, the bookmarks were all blank and none of my bookmarks were there. I checked the properties tabe and it was dated sometime in March of 2011, earlier this year. I have a lot of stuff I wish to pull out from. The Firefox version I was using was the 3.6.16 and the file version was 1.9.2.4095, my OS was use Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I would like to be able to access it again. Please help. Just a heads up but I'm taking a guess you guys already know, that the information under troubleshooting information is of my current computer and not the same as the one that is copied in my hard drive.

Sorry, I don't find a support article for that type of situation. Read these two articles for help, as bookmarks.html isn't the file type you should be looking for.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Lost+Bookmarks
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I have recently been having issues with my safari running slowly and not loading some pages correctly. I found a solution of deleting my safari folder ~Library/Safari... big mistake, I forgot my bookmarks pList was in here and I didn't make a backup... total tool I know.
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''FredMcD [[#answer-717164|said]]''
<blockquote>
When you did the upgrade, was the hard drive formatted? Is there a
folder that has the old files in it? Do you still have your old profiles?
</blockquote>
When you did the upgrade ... April 10 ... was the hard drive formatted? ... Yes! Is there a folder that has the old files in it? ... Don't know. Where would it be? ... Do you still have your old profiles? ... don't know. Where would it be? Thanks!

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