Firefox favourites on new PC

[JPreston]

Just upgraded my PC at last - A64 3200 with an X800GTO

For the first time ever I've used a SATA HDD (actually, SATA-II) and my word was there some trauma setting that up under Windows XP, what with extracting drivers onto floppy disk and all. Or, in the language of smilies:

:confused: :confused: :confused: :weeping: :smash: :idea: :woohoo:

SATA? More like PITA....but after about 10 failed attempts finally decided to RTFM and realised I can't set up a single disk, has to be a JBOD RAID (albeit a small one) which confusingly is called 'Spanning' in the nVidia Ultra BIOS/RAID setup.

Anyway I now have a fresh install. So....given that I didn't export my Firefox favourites BEFOREHAND ( ), how can I retrieve them now? My old windows install is on a drive in my PC for the purpose of transferring files out. Just had a look in my old Firefox directory and can't find anything that looks useful (suppose I should copy the cookies across though?).

Any pointers would be appreciated...

[Xavier]

You need to grab your profile which will be in the documents and settings directory

Firefox bookmarks are stored as an html file. Just do a search for "bookmark.html"

Re SATA, you shouldn't have to set up a RAID or JBOD/span. I'm assuming you have an nForce 4 mobo (so your X800GTO if PCI-e ). As long as you don't activate the nVRaid option, they will run as standalone discs. I have three drives in my system, 2 of them in RAID-0 for OS (configured in nvraid) and one of them as a backup drive on its own. Anyway, I'm digressing here, it wasn't the object of your post

edit: it's in fact bookmarks.html and it's in:

\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.default\bookmarks.html

[thegavsters]

You will probably find them in here on your old drive

C:\Documents and Settings\your username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\your profile name

you will need to make sure you have hidden folders and files shown.

Open my computer click on Tools -> Folder options then the View tab then Check the "show hidden files and folders."

In your profile folder there will be a bookmarks.html file you can then copy it into your new profile folder on your new installation

[JPreston]

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Re SATA' date=' you shouldn't have to set up a RAID or JBOD/span....[/quote']

:woot: found my bookmarks, thanks guys for the pointers.

On the subject of RAID then, I have an Nforce Ultra mobo that has four SATA II plugs on the nforce controller and a further 4 SATA (I) plugs on a separate chip.

When I want to add more disks in the future, can I add them on the nvidia chip WITHOUT them becoming part of my existing JBOD array? Or is it one array per controller and I need to use the other chip...