for instance. i upgraded from xp to vista hp 64bit. it was a clean install on a totally seperate harddrive.

I fortunatly had Firefox where all of my passwords where saved. on my xp hd.

so with the vista installed. and chrome dled and ready to go, i started thinking damit i don’t remember any of my passwords firefox had everything. and this chrome had nothing saved, and the fire fox i installed on my vista machine was also clean.

so i plugged my old hd back in so i could access all of my old files. i went to docs and settings> Local settings> application data> Mozilla fire fox…and copied everything there to my Vista path C:\Users> (user name)> appdata> local> Mozilla >firefox.
I also had to copy the files from xp box C:\Docs and settings>(username)>Application Data>Mozilla. all of these get copied to vista box C:\Users>(username)appdata>Local>Mozilla>firefox

then run firefox to make sure everything is there. close Firefox.

Open Chrome. go to tools> Import bookmarks and settings> then choose firefox from the “from” dropdown. i would uncheck browsing history unless you really want that imported, then hit the import button. once its done you should be able to go back to tools>options>Minor Tweaks> click on Show passwords and all of them should be there, if you click on one and then click the button to the right, ” show password” your password should show up under the button.
Volia you imported your passwords back to your new box.
feel free to post this solution anywhere. but please give me credit for it. thanks all, happy surfing.