How to Transfer Firefox 3.6.3 Bookmarks to a New Computer

No one wants to lose all their bookmarks when they get a new computer. You've spend considerable time collecting a list of your favorite sites, so you naturally want to take them with you. Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3's bookmark library offers an import/export feature, so you can do just that. All that's needed is a means to transport the exported file to the new computer. A USB thumb drive is the ideal medium for this task.

Things You'll Need

• USB thumb drive

Instructions

1. Insert a USB thumb drive into your old computer's USB port.

2. Open Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on your old computer.

3. Hold the "Ctrl" and "Shift" keys and press "B" to open the bookmarks library.

4. Click "Import and Backup" on the top bar of the bookmarks library and select "Export HTML."

5. Click your USB thumb drive from the left-hand pane of the save window and click "Save." Your bookmarks are then saved onto your USB thumb drive.

6. Remove the USB thumb drive and insert it into your new computer.

7. Open Mozilla Firefox on your new computer.

8. Hold the "Ctrl" and "Shift" keys and press "B" again to open the bookmarks library.

9. Click "Import and Backup" and select "Import HTML."

10. Check "From an HTML File," which should be checked by default, and click "Next."

11. Click your USB thumb drive from the left-hand pane of the import window and double-click "Bookmarks.html" from the right-hand pane. Your bookmarks are then imported into your new computer's Mozilla Firefox browser.