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Posted by smakmagik on Jun-11-2007 18:43:

****, Mozilla Bookmarks Vanished

holy shit
lights went out, and when they came back, i switched on the pc to find all my mozilla bookmarks are GONE!!

PLEASE PLEASE tell me there is something i can do about this

HELPPPPPPPPPPPP

Posted by leph555 on Jun-11-2007 18:45:

sucks to be you....

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Jun-11-2007 18:58:

There will be a backup in the following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\uclcx7dd.default\bookmarkbackups

(There might be some variation in the bold bit, but it will be pretty obvious where to go once you're there.)

Make a copy of it and rename this copy to say bookmarks.html. Then replace the one in the Mozilla folder with this. Or import it. Either way is fine.

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-11-2007 18:58:

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quote:
Originally posted by leph555
sucks to be you....

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

thanks a bloody million for that link mate.
i managed to recover all the bookmarks i had saved in various folders, but the bookmarks i saved ..uh.. non-folder havent been restored yet, and are the most important.

HELPP

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-11-2007 19:03:

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quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
There will be a backup in the following directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\uclcx7dd.default\bookmarkbackups

(There might be some variation in the bold bit, but it will be pretty obvious where to go once you're there.)

Make a copy of it and rename this copy to say bookmarks.html. Then replace the one in the Mozilla folder with this. Or import it. Either way is fine.

yeah i did that
all the bookmarks saved in folders came back
but the others havent

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-11-2007 19:21:

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thanks for helping
got them back

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Jun-11-2007 23:29:

I just read your PM, but then saw your last post so am guessing this is now all okay. How did you get the last bit back out of interest?

Posted by tubularbills on Jun-12-2007 05:12:

man, what is up with people having computer problems lately?

Posted by UWM on Jun-12-2007 05:14:

I think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't use bookmarks.

Posted by tubularbills on Jun-12-2007 05:16:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
I think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't use bookmarks.

i don't really use many either. do tabs/buttons count as bookmarks tho?

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-12-2007 09:00:

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quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
I just read your PM, but then saw your last post so am guessing this is now all okay. How did you get the last bit back out of interest?

well, in the bookmarkbackup folder you mentioned, there are various saved backup files, and when you open them up, a firefox window opens with all your bookmarks listed as clickable links.

so i opened all of them as tabs, and did 'bookmark all tabs'

not sure if it was the easiest way to do it, but i got it done.

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-12-2007 09:02:

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quote:
Originally posted by UWM
I think I'm the only person in the world who doesn't use bookmarks.

just as the smallest example, if im doing research on a college project, i have over 20 different pages of reference that i need to keep going back and forth over a number of days. bookmarking these pages is the absolute best way of saving time and is extremely useful.

maybe your use of the computer just differs, but i cant imagine having no bookmarks.

Posted by mezzir on Jun-12-2007 10:02:

quote:
Originally posted by tubularbills
i don't really use many either. do tabs/buttons count as bookmarks tho?

buttons yeah
i mean i don't use my bookmarks menu at all in firefox, but the bookmarks toolbar's filled
can't see myself ever having more than like 20 sites i'm gonna frequent anyways, its plenty