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    Moving FireFox and IE favorites to another HDD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by olphus, Nov 23, 2006.

  1. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    How do I move my FireFox (including extensions) and IE favorites to another HDD.
     
    olphus, Nov 23, 2006
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    with FF, all u have to do is to copy the whole folder, map target/working directory accordingly

    u can use "Organise Favorites" option (IE6 and above) to move them to any folder

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Nov 23, 2006
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  3. olphus

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    I can't find the FF folder w/ the favorites - where is it?
     
    olphus, Nov 23, 2006
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    Documents & Settings\Application Data\Mozilla

    An easier way might be to just open bookmarks->Organize bookmarks->file->export.
     
    Jalf, Nov 23, 2006
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  5. olphus

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    Still can't find a folder with the actual bookmarks in any Mozilla folder (there are many Mozilla folders). Exporting is just a html file with all your bookmarks and I have over 200 bokmarks.
    I want to save a 1:1 copy of my existing FF to another HDD - I don't want to start from scratch, it will take me many hours.
     
    olphus, Nov 23, 2006
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    There is an extension you can get which will backup your complete FF profile. Then you can transfer the backup to your new HDD and use the extension to restore it.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2109/

    I haven't tried to use it for switching to a new HDD, but I've used to restore FF after formatting.
     
    Amber, Nov 23, 2006
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  8. olphus

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    Nice - thanks for the two last posts, they seem very useful. I'm trying both right now.
    I will be replacing my HDD with a new one (7200rpm 100GB) and reformating/installing with help of Southern Girl's XP formating guide.
     
    olphus, Nov 23, 2006
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    There is a very good "Addon" call Foxmarks

    Basically you store all your bookmark on a webserver and you can sync with it anytime.

    Its good if you have laptop + desktop.
     
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    I've had that program but I couln't open the subfolders before. Loged in again and it's working!
     
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    Um, what's wrong with that html file? It contains all your bookmarks, and Firefox can import them just fine. (They're stored in a html file normally as well)
     
    Jalf, Nov 24, 2006
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    Everything (extentions, themes, settings, bookmarks) is saved in your profile folder; by default, C:/Documents and Settings/[username]/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/[something]

    Just copy that whole folder over to your other harddrive, open your firefox profile manager (use a shortcut to firefox.exe with -p added onto the end of the target field), then make a new profile and set the location to the place you moved your profile folder to.)
     
    iza, Nov 24, 2006
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