Most of us just can't help browsing the web and dragging sites to our bookmarks list. But what if, say one day, your laptop stops working and the best you can do to save your files is connect your laptop hard drive to another computer. Will you be able to salvage your bookmarks too?Yes, here is what you can do.
- As soon as you connect your laptop hard drive to another machine (e.g. to another desktop computer), it will use acquire or use a drive letter. Since the operating system is normally installed to the C: drive, your connected laptop hard drive will use the next available letter of the alphabet (D, E, or F).
- Double click on the laptop drive letter and look for the "Documents and Settings" folder. Open it.
- Look for the profile name you normally use when logging in to your windows welcome screen. Open that folder.
- Then click on "Tools" >> "Folder Options" >> Under Files and Folders --> Hidden Files and Folder, choose "Show Hidden Files and Folders". All hidden folders will now be visible to you, look for the folder named "Application Data". (see this image for reference)
- Open "Application Data" folder and look for "Mozilla" >> "Firefox" >> "Profiles"
- Open the folder with a name like this ----> k3g7dcy.default
- Look for a folder named "bookmarkbackups"
- Find the most recent file (it has a date on its file name) -----> ex: bookmarks-2011-06-23
- Copy and paste it to your desktop (for easy access) and rename it to bookmarks.html.
- Copy and paste it to \Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3k3g7dcy.default and overwrite the existing bookmarks.html.
- Close your Mozilla Firefox (if it's running) and relaunch it. Your should now see your old bookmarks restored.
Open your Mozilla Firefox browser, click on BOOKMARKS -- Show All Bookmarks -- Import and Backup -- Backup
You'll get a pop-up window with a default file name like this bookmarks-2011-07-04
Just click on SAVE and you're done!
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