Backing up your favorites
- Internet Explorer – Click on “My Computer” then on “Local Disk (C:)”. Once that folder is open, find “Documents and Settings” and open that folder and then find the folder with your username (in my case I look for “wbass”) and open that up. In this folder you’ll find a star icon labeled “Favorites”. Copy that file to your flashdrive to back up your favorites.
- Firefox – With Firefox open, click on the “Bookmarks” menu at the top of your screen. Select “Show all Bookmarks” from the dropdown menu. This will open up another screen where you can manage your bookmarks. Click on the “Import and Backup” button at the top of that window and select “Backup”. Save this file to your flashdrive and you’ll have all your bookmarks in that file.
- Chrome – With Chrome open, click on the icon of the wrench in the top right hand corner of the screen and select “Bookmarks” and then “Bookmarks Manager”. This will open up a new tab with all your bookmarks listed. Click on “Organize” at the top of the screen and select “Export bookmarks”. Save the file to your flashdrive and you’ll have all your bookmarks in that file.
Restoring your favorites
- Internet Explorer – Click on “My Computer” then on “Local Disk (C:)”. Once that folder is open, find “Documents and Settings” and open that folder and then find the folder with your username (in my case I look for “wbass”) and open that up. In this folder you’ll find a star icon labeled “Favorites”. Open up the flash drive or server drive where you backed up your favorites and find the folder called “Favorites”. Replace the “Favorites” on your new computer with the one you backed up. It will give you a message asking if you want to replace the folder. Click “Yes” and after it’s copied, you’ll see your favorites on your new computer.
- Firefox – With Firefox open, click on the “Bookmarks” menu at the top of your screen. Select “Show all Bookmarks” from the dropdown menu. This will open up another screen where you can manage your bookmarks. Click on the “Import and Backup” button at the top of that window and select “Restore” and then “From file”. Navigate to the file that is saved on your flashdrive, server or external hard drive and you’ll have all your bookmarks in that file now in your browser.
- Chrome – With Chrome open, click on the icon of the wrench in the top right hand corner of the screen and select “Bookmarks” and then “Bookmarks Manager”. This will open up a new tab with all your bookmarks listed. Click on “Organize” at the top of the screen and select “Import bookmarks from HTML file”. Navigate to the file that is saved on your flashdrive, server or external hard drive and you’ll have all your bookmarks in that file now in your browser.
