How to Copy Your Favorite Web Pages on XP

Copying your favorite web pages on XP is easy.

Windows XP includes the Internet Explorer Web browser. Internet Explorer saves links to your favorite Web pages in the "Favorites" folder in your user directory. You can copy your Favorite Web pages to another location such as a USB flash drive so you can restore them in case anything happens to your computer or your personal data. You can also copy your Mozilla Firefox favorites to a new file so you can import the copied favorites on another computer.

Instructions

Internet Explorer

1. Open Windows Explorer by clicking "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories" and then "Windows Explorer."

2. Click "My Computer" in the Windows Explorer sidebar.

3. Double-click "Local Disk (C:)," "Documents and Settings," and the folder with the same name as your Windows user account.

4. Right-click the "Favorites" folder with the icon of a star and click "Copy."

5. Browse to another location in Windows Explorer, right-click inside it and click "Paste."

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox by clicking "Start," "All Programs," "Mozilla Firefox," and "Mozilla Firefox."

2. Click the "Bookmarks" menu. Then click "Organize Bookmarks."

3. Click the "Import and Backup" menu at the top of the bookmark window and click "Backup."

4. Browse to a folder for the bookmarks in the file browser window that appears.

5. Type a name for the bookmark file into the "File Name" box and click "Save."

References

• Princeton University: Backups: What Files Should I Back Up and How Should I Do It?
• Mozilla Support: Backing Up and Restoring Bookmarks