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560444 2007-06-18 13:50:00 Hi everyone, I stuffed up... I reformatted my old desktop and did a fresh install of XP. After spending a few boring hours backing up all the data I wanted to keep, I forgot to save my extensive bookmarks list from firefox... I only relized after XP was re-installed and I went to use firefox...

Anybody know of any magical way I can get them back again? Anyone have any similar experiences and used a data recovery tool or something?

Thanks...
bizzack (7739)
560445 2007-06-18 14:08:00 Anybody know of any magical way I can get them back again?Time machine. Rob99 (151)
560446 2007-06-18 14:10:00 Yeah you're pretty buggered. Take this as a lesson for future formats, take down a list of stuff to ensure you have backed up. roddy_boy (4115)
560447 2007-06-18 20:42:00 After spending a few boring hours backing up all the data I wanted to keep,

Yep, buggered is right.
Theoretically the bookmarks and other data may be there somewhere but you would have to spend big bucks to get a professional data recovery business to try and look for any missing data.

And now is a good time to get Acronis Drive Image so you don't have to spend hours backing up data. Acronis quickly backs up everything. There are freebie drive image programs around if you want to go cheap. BTW, even though a person chooses to have a fresh install, drive images can be placed on another hd or on disks, so you can access bookmarks or whatever data.
Morpheus1 (186)
560448 2007-06-18 20:48:00 BTW, isn't there a Firefox extension or a program that allows bookmarks to be exported online, so a person can access their own bookmarks from any computer e.g. an internet cafe? Morpheus1 (186)
560449 2007-06-18 21:13:00 Indeed there is - i havn't used it but it looks great.. called bookmarks on line (addons.mozilla.org) wratterus (105)
560450 2007-06-18 22:46:00 Indeed there is - i havn't used it but it looks great.. called bookmarks on line (addons.mozilla.org)

Looked good so I downloaded, installed, registered and uploaded my bookmarks - - - but cannot get it to work. See screenshot here: www.imagef1.net.nz

Anyone?

might have to do a separate thread on this
Morpheus1 (186)
560451 2007-06-18 22:51:00 if you have a gmail account

try google browser sync

www.google.com
Morgenmuffel (187)
560452 2007-06-18 23:06:00 I have a GMail account but does that work only with Firefox?
I went to the link but not sure if ff is necessary. Not all internet cafes have ff, some only have IE.
Morpheus1 (186)
560453 2007-06-18 23:24:00 yes I think it does only work with FF

Although as part of googles web history you can save your bookmarks online and they will be accessed through your google account, I have never used this function though, just noticed i have a bookmarks link in my google web history
Morgenmuffel (187)
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