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I have accessed my crashed Ubuntu version via live usb trial. Where am supposed to find my former Firefox bookmarks and history files in order to copy and transfer them into a new installation?

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The easiest thing to do would be copy the Firefox profile folder over

~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Linux

The bookmarks are actually stored in bookmarks.html if you just want that.

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~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default should I insert this into terminal? – Andy Nov 17 '12 at 19:53
@Andy the xxxxxxxx is a random string generated, you need to take a look at yours and take it from there;-) – Terry Wang Nov 17 '12 at 23:25
I found the hidden folder mozilla on the previous version but I cannot access its contents due to the password protection in the previuos version. could you recommend any method of opening such a folder from the trial ubuntu on live USB or from a newly installed system? – Andy Nov 18 '12 at 9:38
@Andy Can you explain "password protection"? Do you mean the bookmarks or the profile folder (or filesystem it resides)? If you know the password you set, try to run firefox -p /mount_point/home/user/.mozilla/xxxxxxxx.default and see if you can input the password and export the bookmarks. – Terry Wang Nov 18 '12 at 12:03
thank you a lot I managed to restore my broken boot and access the system :) – Andy Nov 18 '12 at 15:19

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