Vista - backing up Firefox settings/bookmarks

Sadly, it seems I'm close to having to do a complete reformat/system recovery. I have just about everything backed up on externals anyway, so it's not the end of the world. My major concern is my firefox settings/bookmarks. Is there a settings file or files that I can back up, and then, when I re-install firefox on the fresh OS, copy those files to the "new" OS so it automatically knows all my settings and bookmarks?

Thanks for reading,

Zoloft

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

Shows how to backup Mozilla stuff, either manually or with programs.

If all you want is bookmarks then use Library and export to either json file or html file. Then import/restore later.

I never bothered with total backup, only bookmarks and extensions. Get a list of them by using Extension List Dumper If you have customized userchrome.css, usercontent.css and user.js they should be backed up too. Rest is just what comes, cookies, history, saving passwords etc. If you have done loads of about:config "settings" then you should have put them in a user.js file - changing stuff in about:config saves them in prefs.js, like registry for Firefox. Cant really back that up without keeping all the rest. User.js is your own changes and only that.

exactly what I needed to know! much thanks!

I have found this utility works best -- MOZBACKUP :
MozBackup - Backup tool for Firefox and Thunderbird

Yeah it is good. Forgot about another solution called FEBE Dont know much about other than many swear by it - adds internal backup to Firefox so to speak. A bit overkill for most perhaps, each to his own. I link to the homepage because as is typical for extensions there are 2 betas out since last official, the one on Add-on site is the official. Happens beta is the most stable.

I appreciate all your replies, in a few day when I have to re-format, I'm sure one of these solutions will work perfectly! Thanks again!

I am in the middle of building a new system, I have a fresh install of vista 64 in my main and new drive, I have dual booting on the 2nd drive (XP Pro & Vista x64).

In the 2nd drive I have firefox which I went ahead and install MozBackup to B/U my firefox in hopes to be able to use it on my new install (1st drive) but, even after installing Mozbackup on the new drive and asking it to restore my backup of the 2nd drive, it doesn't find anything... what am I doing wrong? or What is the exact process to do this?

I hate to have to do everything again since I have a couple of add-ons and plugins + my settings/bookmars already in place on the 2nd drive.

The reason I want to do this is because the 1st drive is a Velociraptor I just got which I want to leave as the main OS and the 2nd drive is a 750 hdd that I want to set as a backup/storage drive only.

Got it... FEBE worked like a charm, I have not idea how I missed reading on one of the post here.