"Updated" Firefox and all my bookmarks are gone

I've already clicked on "show all bookmarks"-- but the library's empty. So I clicked on Import and Backup, and Restore the previous bookmarks to earlier today (and yesterday and the day before and...), and after being told this will replace the current list, I get a "unable to process backup file" dialogue box. I also can't find where it is on my C: drive (is it not saved under program files/mozilla firefox?). Where did they go, and how do I get them back? I can't lose them!!
I'm using Vista, Service Pack 2

A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_places-database-file
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_process_the_backup_file_-_Firefox

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