How to recover Chrome bookmarks from old hard drive [duplicate]

In Google Chrome type chrome://bookmarks/ into the address bar to open the Bookmark Manager. From here the process is different dependant on what version of the Bookmark Manager you are using. If you are using the new interface click on the cog icon in the left corner of the page and select "Export bookmarks...":

If you are using the older version of the Bookmark Manager click on the Organise tab and select "Export bookmarks to HTML file":

This will allow you to export your bookmarks as an HTML file and you will be able to import them again at a later date.

Official Way

Export bookmarks from Chrome

1. In the top-right corner of the browser window, click the Chrome menu Chrome menu.
2. Select Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager.
3. Click the "Organize" menu in the manager. Don't see the "Organize" menu? Try using the alternate directions below.
4. Select Export bookmarks. Chrome will export your bookmarks as an HTML file, which you can then import into another browser.

Alternate directions

1. In the top-right corner of the Chrome browser window, click the Chrome menu Chrome menu.
2. Select Bookmarks > Bookmark Manager.
3. In the top-right corner of the Bookmark Manager, click the gear button.
4. Select Export bookmarks.

In this way, you should also be able to import bookmarks into other browsers (tested only on firefox).

Source https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en

Nerd way

As you said, you can always copy the content of

~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Bookmarks

and then past it into another google-chrome installation. Note that you can also use this file interchangeably with the chromium analogous; in this case, the location of the file is the pretty straightforward

~/.config/chromium/Default/Bookmarks