Resolved System repair - lost my extensive Favorites

Hi everybody,

I had a big crisis last night. I corrupted my system file & had to do a system repair procedure from the Win xp cd. I tried to use the recovery console to do a system restore using: cd, cd system~1, cd _resto~1, but I got the message it could not find that _resto~1 file. I guess that means that I had no valid restore points. My system restore has not been functional for some time now.

Anyway, I lost a very extensive Favorites file. : eek: No backup. Tears.

My question is: Is there any chance for me to somehow retreive that Favorites file? My computer skills are intermediate at best. I do not have the skills or resources to pull my HD & install it in another computer to pull off the files - in the small chance that they have not been corrupted yet.

Any Ideas?????

Regards,

Jerry

 

Jerry23 -
What version of Internet Explorer are you using ?

 

Hi SP,

Thanks for your interest. I had vrs 8 before the repair. It is now vrs 6.

Regards

Jerry

 

See if your Favorites still exist by doing this:
Click Start - then Scroll up to Search then Click on For Files or Folders another window will open - Click on the All files and folders
In the All Files and Folders: Type in Favorites and Press the Search Button.

It should find Favorites. Look at the one with a Yellow Star to the left of it and Double Click on it.
Does it open and show all the Favorites you had ?

 

Hi again Sp,

You deserve a GOLD STAR for this one!!!! There are 4 favorites with a star to the left -- two dated today as date modified -- two dated 10/06/07 as date modified.

The one last modified today is in c:\Documents & Settings\User & contains 4,333 files, 939 folders. That probably has them all. Yeah!!!

The 2nd one last modified today is in c:\Documents & Settings\Jerry & contains 12files, 9 folders. That is the one I started today when I couldn't find the other one.

What do I need to do to get that big file to show up in IE?? I also probably need to do something to make sure all my future additions go into the big file & not the small file.

Note, I am close to updating my Windows from sp2 to sp3. I will follow that shortly with an update from IE6 to IE8. Should I wait until after I update Windows & IE to make the move in Favorites?

Thank you SOOOOOOOOOO much SP -- I really appreciate your help.

Regards,

Jerry

 

Hi again,

Just one last request:

>>>>What do I need to do to get that big file to show up in IE?? I also probably need to do something to make sure all my future additions go into the big file & not the small file.<<<<

Thanks again for the help.

Jerry

 

If the small file is showing up in IE then just copy and paste the large file into the small file.

 

Hi Gary,

That sounds simple enough. Why didnt I think of that? Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Jerry

 

Jerry,

Glad to help.

Have a great day.

Steve

 

Well,

I copied the big file into the small file & guess what -- none of the links in the big file are showing up in the IE Favorites tab. Not sure what is going on.

There has to be a more efficient way to do this. My big file is 3.41 mb & it took ~ 10 mins to complete the copy/paste.

Any other ideas??

Jerry

 

Jerry:
Double click on My Couputer to open it up.
Then Double Click on the C: Drive.
Double Click on the Documents and Settings folder.
Then Double Click on c:\Documents & Settings\Jerry (is this where the missing favorites are at ?)
Or are they in c:\Documents & Settings\User (or are they in this one ?)
Are you logged in as Jerry ?