I need all the bookmarks that were on the other xp install. I have all the data on the drive! I had the crashed xp on drive f along with netscape/firfox on that drive. I have done a new xp install on drive e: and new install of both netscape 8/firefox 1.5 on drive e: and need to get all the bookmarks from the 2 browsers on drive f(corrupt xp install), hwat can I do to retrieve the bookmarks that were on the crashed xp insatll?
Answers:
Firefox 1.5 saves your bookmarks in a file called bookmarks.html in the \Documents and Settings\ (Your User Folder)\ Application Data \ Mozilla \Firefox \Profiles\ (random letters here) \
folder
Netscape is similar with again a bookmarks.html file
\Documents and Settings\ (Your User Folder) \Application Data\ Netscape \NSB \Profiles\ (Random Letters here) \
folder
Grab these two files and save them in your new my documents folder as say netscape bookmarks.html and firefox bookmarks.html Then use the manage bookmarks feature of both netscape and firefox (Bookmarks -> Manage Bookmarks) Click file -> Import once there. Select import from file, and select the file in question.
Should work.
I know how to get the Firefox ones, but not Netscape, sorry.
Go to your hard drive, documents and settings, then go to your name. Make sure you can view hidden folders (Go to Tools, Folder Options, View, then Show Hidden Files and Folders), and then click on Application Data, then Mozilla, and then Firefox. Click on profiles, and then click the profile in it. Then find the HTML file in the profile called bookmarks. Copy it, and then go to your current hard drive and username, and go to the same place. Thats (DRIVE)> Documents and Settings > (USERNAME)> Application Data> Mozilla> Firefox> Profiles> (PROFILE). Paste the HTML document and replace the old, and your Firefox bookmarks will be returned. Sorry, I have no solution for Netscape, I don't deal with it. Being Firefox is based on Netscape, the method is probably similar.