How to Back Up Internet Explorer Favorites

Back up your Internet Explorer favorites to preserve your bookmarks if you need to reinstall Windows or use the same favorites on another computer.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Floppy Disk Drive
• Floppy Disks
• Floppy disks

1. Insert a blank disk into the floppy disk drive (or other removable disk drive).

2. Double-click My Computer.

3. Double-click the hard disk icon (usually C:).

4. Double-click the Windows folder.

5. Right-click the Favorites folder and choose Send To from the menu that appears.

6. Select 3 1/2 Floppy (A) or the drive containing the blank disk. The favorites file is copied.

7. Remove the disk from the drive.

8. To use the favorites on this or another computer, drag the Favorites folder on the disk to the Windows folder on the computer.

Tips & Warnings

• Check the Related Sites for ways to share Internet Explorer favorites and Netscape Navigator bookmarks between browsers and between computers.

on 11/22/2005 Use the "import/export", which appears to back up the favorites, though I haven't tried to restore yet.