Neyjour opened this issue on Jan 13, 2007 · 12 posts
Neyjour posted Sat, 13 January 2007 at 9:36 PM
We just had a power outtage for a few seconds while I was using the computer. I rebooted, opened up Mozilla Firefox (latest version) and ALL of my bookmarks are gone. Holy crap...I had hundreds that I've collected over the last few years. Is there any way to get them back????
"You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free." - Steppenwolf
Acadia posted Sat, 13 January 2007 at 9:49 PM
That's happened to me a couple of times with Firefox! I don't know why. I couldn't get them back the first time either. The second time I was lucky enough that I had saved a copy of my bookmarks .htm file so managed to get most of them back.
Change your settings to view hidden files. Then go to your profile and find Application Data. Look for Mozilla and look inside. See if there is a backup of your bookmarks .htm file. Mine seem to back themselves up. If you have a backup in there, change the name to bookmarks.htm and put it into the main Mozilla folder and your bookmarks should be back.
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
Neyjour posted Sat, 13 January 2007 at 10:17 PM
Thanks Acadia...I hope this works!
Can you tell me where to find the View Hidden Files and my Profile please? I looked around a bit but can't find them. I've never done much with Firefox except add and manage bookmarks...
"You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free." - Steppenwolf
Acadia posted Sat, 13 January 2007 at 10:28 PM
My Computer
Folder Options
View
Select "show hidden files and folders"
Apply
OK
Then go to:
C Drive
Documents and Settings
Click the folder for your profile. I call mine "Linda"
Open "Application Data" (it is a faded out folder because it was a hidden one)
Open Mozilla
Open Firefox
Open Profiles
Open the next folder
You have now arrived where your bookmarks.html file should be.
If you have a bookmarks.html file in there, double click it and see what shows when it opens. If your bookmarks are gone it will show only the default ones that came with mozilla.
Look for a folder called "Backups" or "Bookmark Backups". If you have one of those, you should find backed up copies of your bookmarks.html file from prior days. If you don't have something like that, then your bookmarks are really gone unless you happened to have saved the .html file to a CD. After I lost my bookmarks to that weird bug, I now go once a month and save the bookmarks.html file just in case.
Oh yes. When you're done. Go back to Folder Options and change the setting back to "hide hidden files and folders" again. You really don't want them showing just in case you get delete file/folder happy and accidently delete something you shouldn't :)
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
Neyjour posted Sat, 13 January 2007 at 10:39 PM
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! kisses Acadia's feet
The bookmarks.html file was blank, but the one in the bookmarkbackups folder has them all. PHEW!!! I was about to have a heart attack just thinking about everything I might have lost, especially all my Poser freebie sites. LOL!
Thanks again!!!!!!
"You don't know what we can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free." - Steppenwolf
Acadia posted Sat, 13 January 2007 at 11:00 PM
You're welcome. Glad it worked :)
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
kuroyume0161 posted Sun, 14 January 2007 at 12:14 AM
My Outlook.pst and Firefox bookmarks (and other data files) are things that I backup on a regular basis. Please do the same! :) The first file is found in "C:Documents and Settings[User]Local SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftOutlook" if you're using Outlook. The Firefox files location has already been given. I have thousands of bookmarks and thousands of emails from nearly ten years - no way I'm going to start collecting them from scratch!
Also, if you want to avoid losing all of your Outlook contacts, go to Contacts, select File->Import and Export. Then select "Export to a file". Select a relevant format (I use "Comma Separated Values (DOS)". Follow through. Now you have a backup-backup just in case Outlook divebombs, your harddrive head crashes, or a virus plays 'wipe the disk'.
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Acadia posted Sun, 14 January 2007 at 12:29 AM
Oh yes! I do backup my Outlook Express folders as well as my address book. I just did that a couple of days ago actually.
When I save my Outlook Express folders I do the following:
After an install I just copy / paste it back.
When I save my Outlook Express address book, I do the following:
After a reinstall just copy / paste it back. No need to get confused with the import / export stuff.
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi
pakled posted Sun, 14 January 2007 at 2:37 PM
I'm just paranoid (or A-retentive) and have all my bookmarks in an Access database..;) Can't hurt..;)
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
JQP posted Sun, 14 January 2007 at 6:51 PM
Get Mozbackup and back your profile up periodically to prevent this happening again.
Fazzel posted Sun, 14 January 2007 at 7:36 PM
Thanks too, Acadia. I had to re-install Windows, but saved my old profile on another drive
and so now was able to get my bookmarks back too.
Jumpstartme2 posted Sun, 14 January 2007 at 9:03 PM
Oh my gosh, glad you got them all back..I too have hundreds and back mine up all the time..plus I have them in a .txt file on another drive just in case...
~Jani
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