Hard drive backup question: Firefox favorites

[Mike Lowe]

My computer went nuts and I'm getting stuff off of the hard drive by listing it as an external into another machine.

Anyway, how would I locate my Firefox favorites in the Firefox folder inside of Program Files?

Is this possible?

Is there another way to get these favs?

[flounder]

Which operating system are you running? It's in your User folder, not in program files. That folder depends on your OS.

[Subby]

C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxx.default

[Mike Lowe]

I'm using XP on the machine I'm copying things to but I was using Vista on the "bad" machine who's HD I'm copying stuff from.

Subby, I see neiher a "Application Data" nor a "Profiles" folder.

SECOND QUESTION: Where do I get my Outlook contacts, mailing lists from? I have a bunch!

[Mike Lowe]

Oh, and THREE:

What about Outlook folders I created like "important" etc. etc.

Thanks so much guys!

[flounder]

In Vista it's C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxx.default

[Mike Lowe]

Flounder, I do not see a AppData folder there...

[Subby]

Make sure you don't have system files and folders hidden.

[Mike Lowe]

Ugh, I can't find these and Yahoo search isn't much help.

I really need my contacts and email folders from Outlook. If the hard drive I have these stored on working as an external, where are these files literally in the folder heirarchy?

Any Subby, I'm not sure how to show hidden files.

[Subby]

My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View...

Click "Show Hidden Files and Folders"

[Mike Lowe]

In Vista it's C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxx.default

Ok, got it now thanks to viewing the hidden files.

What file do I need? Do I just then import it into Firefox?

[Mike Lowe]

And also, any idea how to get the stuff from Outlook?

[flounder]

No idea on Outlook, but you can just copy the entire xxx.default folder for Firefox into the proper place on the new computer.