Formatting and Firefox

You can backup the entire firefox config by backuping the 'Documents and Settings' directory on the main partition (most of the time this is C:\).

If you don't want to backup all stuff in Docs and settings then go into 'Documents and Settings', then into the directory of the user that was using firefox (for me this is 'Administrator') then into 'Application Data' and take a look into the 'Mozilla' directory. All firefox data should reside there, also stuff like mails, bookmarks, the internet cache (clean that before doing backup).

How ya doing, buddy?

Why don't you backup the entire firefox directory?
I don't know if simply importing one special file works. At least for me (i'm using seamonkey) this procedure didn't work, maybe because I have a master pw set and the data is crypted (and some hash part is changed when installing on another system or after a format).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Turbo

I dont have a master PW, but.. well, here's an entry in the txt file.

Ah yes, I see - the data also seems to be crypted if you're not using a password. Then I don't recommend only keeping this single file. There is obviously another part of key data in another file that is used for decryption of the stored data. Without this other file (and I don't know which one it could be - better ask the mozilla developers) you're lost.
So do yourself a favor, kill the firefox cache and backup the entire directory.

Originally Posted by Turbo

But hey, if I backup the entire FF dir, whats the point of reinstalling?

I don't know why you're reinstalling...
But I don't think you're doing it only because of firefox, or am I wrong?

At least for me I only reinstall if hardware fucks up (the harddrive...). Somehow I don't manage to break my system so much that reinstallation is needed to fix it. So I do a reinstallation maybe every 3 years (if i'm lucky and the hardware is stable).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.