Re: Trying to recover lost favorites....

From: dl_woodall (dl_woodall_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:29:02 -0800

Thanks Jan,
No, I didn't backup. Mistakenly thought System Restore would cover this
scenario. Obviously learned a valuable lesson there. And thanks for the tip
on the Recycle Bin: Didn't even to look there. Unfortunately the missing
Favorites weren't dumped there. 8^(
Again, thanks for the help,

dave

"Jan Il" wrote:

> Hi dl_woodall :-)
>
> Did you make a backup of your Favorites at any point? Have you emptied the
> Recycle bin since they were lost? If the answer to these two questions are
> Yes | No respectively, you may be able to restore the lost files. If
> not...well...you can get them back, but, it most likely will cost you, as
> there are programs that do this, but, they are not free.
>
> You may just have to revisit the sites and save new Favorites. Perhaps
> someone else here has some information on how to retrieve them without a 3rd
> party program.
>
> However, here is how to backup your Favorites so that you can retrieve them
> in the future.
>
> How to backup and restore my Internet Favorites / Bookmarks.
> http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000524.htm
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Jan :)
> Smiles are meant to be shared,
> that's why they're so contagious.
>
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>
>
>
> > .....from XP/ IE 6 SP1.
> > I recently changed ISP's and in the process of removing my old ISP's files
> > (using XP's Add/Remove Program utility) and installing the new ISP's files
> > (using its provided wizard), discovered that all of my existing Favorites
> had
> > been deleted and replaced with the original manufacturer-installed
> favorites.
> > Two System Restores (using different dates) haven't brought them back. Are
> > they still lurking in some form deep in my machine, able to be restored,
> or
> > am I just totally screwed here?
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated - obviously.
> > Thanks
>
>
>

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