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How to Back Up Internet Explorer Favorites

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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. Step 1

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

  2. Step 2

    Double-click My Computer.

  3. Step 3

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

  4. Step 4

    Double-click the Windows folder.

  5. Step 5

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

  6. Step 6

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

  7. Step 7

    Remove the disk from the drive.

  8. Step 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.

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

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