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February 19, 2006
All My Firefox Bookmarks Were Lost... And Then, Found!
My laptop was improperly shutdown last night, and when I launched Firefox v1.5 this morning, I found that all my bookmarks were gone.
I have heard that bookmarks are lost because Windows is shut down too soon --not that Firefox is unstable. Supposedly, it has something to do with when Firefox saves bookmark data during a session. I don't understand much beyond that, but here is what I did.
On Windows XP, I found my bookmarks saved:
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.#*$!\bookmarkbackups
Note: You may have to show hidden folders to see Application Data.
If this happens to you (i.e. you came here from a google search), please do not become disheartened and move on (or back) to Internet Explorer. I recommend instead that you go download the plugin, Bookmark Backup. And then, if you haven't already, install the common plugins and then some add-ons. I personally recommend Adblock.
Posted by Stacy on February 19, 2006 01:33 PM | Filed In: Blog
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If you are paying for your ISP and have full access to the server to upload files, you might consider SiteBar to keep and organize your favorites. It's free and what I use to access my favorites/bookmarks via any computer with internet access. There is even a nifty FireFox extension so that you can open SiteBar in your "sidebar" window.
You can few an example of this by viewing my SiteBar at: http://www.nead.us/neadlinks.
SiteBar allows you to have both Public and Private Bookmarks, and allows others to register and add their favs too. It is invaluable, and no matter what happens to my computer my bookmarks are untouched.
Blog on!
Sam
Posted by Sam at February 19, 2006 04:03 PM
TYPO ALERT!
That should read: "You can SEE an example of this by..."
Posted by Sam at February 19, 2006 04:14 PM
Same thing works for Thunderbird too, all your mail and what not is stored in the same area. Makes backing up nice and simple.
Posted by Ian Ashley at February 19, 2006 08:32 PM
Adblock Plus! I installed it after some problems with Flash movies on Firefox. :)
And this is really helpful. I've lost my bookmarks several times and it depresses me a lot.
Posted by Hevn at February 20, 2006 01:43 AM
o my god i fucking love you i recovered every single bookmark plus the setting i had it was awesome i was so stressed out
i even downloaded ontrack data recovery but before it was even finished downloading i already had it fixed you friggin rock love ya babe realy love ya
henkmelk@hotmail.com
Posted by Cairo at March 4, 2006 02:59 PM
hey i've found the bookmarks.bak how do i install it back to firefox to view my bookmarks, pls help me
Posted by shiela at March 21, 2006 06:31 PM
suppose that's why IE isn;t that shit really
Unlike firefox, what a fucking waste of a day setting it it up only to log on again and everything's gone
pile of fucking shit
Posted by hitler at April 29, 2006 04:13 PM
Yes, I found the file but how the hell do I deal with this .bak file??? Thanks for the info so far.
Posted by Autumm at May 30, 2006 06:31 AM
thnx for this advice man!
Posted by dhdf at May 30, 2006 08:48 PM
Oh man I was ready to give up and start new, I was so sad to find that all my precious bookmarks were gone. I panicked for a little while but then came to my senses, google searched my problem and came to your page You are a life saver Thanks.
Posted by JOSEPH at July 26, 2006 12:56 AM
