Mozilla ate my bookmarks

I'm running 1.6 for Windows and last night I had the blue screen of
death. After rebooting I found that my bookmarks are gone. I
searched thru the application data folder for the mozilla install and
all I found was a bookmark file from when I first installed Mozilla
(several versions ago) that only included the default Mozilla links
and my imported IE favorites.

I opened the profile manager and all I have listed is 'default'.

Any suggestions or am I just going to have to learn the hard lesson to
backup my bookmarks frequently?

Thanks,
raindog

 

Go to your profile folder, not the program folder. Since I can't tell
your OS from the headers, I can't give you the exact path. You can see
if your profile data is still there.

You might try the very easy way, which works occasionally. Open Profile
Manager, and create a new profile with exact name of the old profile.
Somtimes this new profile will read the old profile data and restore
just that easily.

If not check for your profile folder. If you are not sure where it is,
or if the files do not seem to be there, do a system search for
bookmarks.html. OPen any hits with your browser and see if they are
oyur bookmarks. If they are, simply copy the file and paste it into
your profile folder, overwriting the default one.

And yes, backup is a good thing! It is a good idea to backup your
entire profile on a regular basis, just as you should back up any other
important data.

Lee