Question for Firefox gurus

[M‡¢ĦÆŁ Ҝ]

How do I back-up/copy my bookmarks?  I know Firefox does it's own back-ups periodically, but where does it save the file?

The reason I'm asking is because I want to copy all of my bookmarks from one computer and put them onto another computer.  With IE it's real easy; just copy the "Favorites" folder from one PC and move it to another PC, replacing the "Favorites" folder that is on the 2nd PC.  I can't seem to find a similar folder in Firefox that I can copy.

I also back-up my computer's important files regularly and would like to have the Firefox bookmarks backed-up externally just in case I ever have to reload my system.  Restoring my bookmarks from an external back-up would be easier than hitting each site individually and bookmarking them all over again.

Any advice anyone can give would be appreciated.

[Babs]

Steps to Backup Your Firefox Bookmarks

In Firefox, you can back up your bookmarks by doing the following:

    * Click on the Bookmarks tab on the top of the browser page and choose the Organize bookmarks option.
    * This will bring you to the bookmarks manager page where you can see all the bookmarks that you have saved and the options in organizing them.
    * Choose the file drop down menu to bring up the import/export options and to access it.
    * Choose the export option from the file drop down menu to being up the export bookmark screen.
    * Choose the location where you would like to save your bookmarks and click on save. This will make a copy of your browsers bookmarks on the location you have specified. You can also save this information on a removable or floppy disc or a flash drive.

[mini]

Download Foxmarks.  From the link:

"The Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer automatically synchronizes your bookmarks between two or more computers running Firefox. It also lets you access your bookmarks from any computer anytime via my.foxmarks.com. An easy-to-use wizard guides you through the quick startup process. Then Foxmarks works silently in the background to keep your bookmarks up-to-date on all your computers.

Simple. Solid. Free. And ready to use."

[SippinTea]

Oooo.... I did not know that.

*takes notes*

[M‡¢ĦÆŁ Ҝ]

You can also save this information on a removable or floppy disc or a flash drive.

Thanks for the info.  I didn't need to save it to a flash drive since I have a file server that's accessible to all my computers and gets backed-up regularly.  The file server is where I keep all of my important don't-want-to-lose files.

The method you spelled out works, however, when you import the bookmarks, it will simply add the new ones to the already existing bookmarks on the PC.  I wanted to replace the entire set of bookmarks with the import file.  All I had to do was delete the old ones after I imported the new ones (I'm sure you can delete prior, but I didn't know it was going to just add the new ones) which was an extra step I wasn't expecting.  But it all worked out in the end.

Thanks again.