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

___________________
Soundcloud
MixCrate

sucks to be you....




http://kb.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

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.

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

___________________
Soundcloud
MixCrate

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

___________________
Soundcloud
MixCrate

thanks for helping
got them back

___________________
Soundcloud
MixCrate

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?

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

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

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?

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.

___________________
Soundcloud
MixCrate

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.

___________________
Soundcloud
MixCrate