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I followed the instructions for restoring bookmarks from an older Firfox to a new one but it doesn't work.

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I'm trying to get my old bookmarks installed with Firefox on a drive holding Win xp to Firfox installed on a different drive holding Win 7. I followed the backup and restore process in the Firefox help file but it doesn't work. Help will be appreciated because I have a slew of bookmarks that I would like to use with Win 7.

I'm trying to get my old bookmarks installed with Firefox on a drive holding Win xp to Firfox installed on a different drive holding Win 7. I followed the backup and restore process in the Firefox help file but it doesn't work. Help will be appreciated because I have a slew of bookmarks that I would like to use with Win 7.

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cor-el
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If you need to merge bookmarks then you need to export the bookmarks to an HTML file and import that file on the other computer. 

Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Export HTML
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Import HTML : "From File"


See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox