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Dell 780 Problem:
The sidebar hasn't disappeared,
only one folder from it. Ah,, Agent Ransack is the program I was thinking of!!! Paul had given me a link for it. The link for voidtools offers 4 options to download so which one? Paul knows my history of downloads and I've gotten into some bad situations. Thanks, Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
Paul, it was Agent Ransack that I was think of,.
would that be able to find the missing folder? I'm getting tired,.. so have to get a nap and will come back later. Thanks, Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
Mark Twain wrote:
Paul, it was Agent Ransack that I was think of,. would that be able to find the missing folder? I'm getting tired,.. so have to get a nap and will come back later. Thanks, Robert You probably still have Agent Ransack installed. It's pretty good at finding stuff the Windows one might miss. But I would question what you think you're searching for. Each .jsonlz4 backup file, paints the whole thing. Bookmarks \ Folder1 \___ These are rendered by a single jsonlz4 file. Folder2 / Folder3 / To protect *all* your current bookmarks, use the Bookmark Manager and do an Export. Examine the lines of HTML (in a text editor). You could count the bookmarks that way. To protect the current formatting, use the Backup button in Bookmarks Manager. That converts the current state of your bookmarks and folders, into a jsonlz4 file. To try a previous set of bookmarks, use the Restore. This could return your Folders. Then, use the Export, to export the older bookmarks. Rename this file to "bookmarks_old.html". Now, compare bookmarks_old.html to bookmarks.html and see how many bookmarks have gone missing. The bookmarks are also stored in the sqlite files, but we're not supposed to play with those. That Bookmarks Manager, gives you all the tools you need, to go backward or forward in time. by making a backup now, that will add a new jsonlz4 file to the collection. Then, when you go "backwards" with a Restore, you can also go "forwards" again, by using the backup you just made this instant. Once you've had a nap, I think this will be a lot clearer. Even if you choose not to open the Exported bookmarks.html files with Notepad, just the *size* of each file, will give an indication of the amount of *damage* done. Paul |
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Dell 780 Problem:
Well, this is weird, I posted a reply awhile
ago but it still isn't showing up? If I don't see it later I'll re-post. Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
I don't know why my other post did not take.
so I'll retype it,... I thought Agent Ransack might be able to find the computer bookmark folder. I tried to export my bookmarks but said I wasn't authorized so went to the Admin Account and there was my computer bookmark folder! I exported the bookmarks to the C: partition then backed them up but it put them on the desktop. Since I didn't know how to proceed I copy/pasted the folder and sent it by email to my user account. I went through it link by link and now have my computer folder back. Tedious but it worked and now have all your valuable instructions on backups, cloning and recovery with pics. I must have messed up somewhere but I tried to follow your instructions. Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
In message , Mark
Twain writes: Paul, it was Agent Ransack that I was think of,. would that be able to find the missing folder? I'm getting tired,.. so have to get a nap and will come back later. Thanks, Robert Well, I've read that you've got your missing bookmark folder back, though by a tedious method. Basically, although Firefox (and other browsers) make your bookmarks _look_ like folders (by using the same icons), they aren't really: they're just inside Firefox. I would save your bookmarks, now you've got them back, from time to time; Firefox gives you two options of how - in its own format, or as an HTML file. The HTML file is easier to work with (including from other browsers), though I think can't easily be loaded back into Firefox retaining all the structure, which its own format can. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Quantity is no substitute for quality, but it's the only one we've got. |
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Dell 780 Problem:
In message , Mark
Twain writes: The sidebar hasn't disappeared, only one folder from it. Ah,, Agent Ransack is the program I was thinking of!!! Paul had given me a link for it. The link for voidtools offers 4 options to download so which one? Paul knows my history of downloads and I've gotten into some bad situations. Thanks, Robert I think for you, the installer would be better than the .zip (which is a portable version); if you know you have a 64-bit operating system, then get that one, otherwise get the first one (which will run fine on a 64-bit system; just the 64-bit version will work a bit better on a 64-bit system). It's definitely a tool worth having! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Quantity is no substitute for quality, but it's the only one we've got. |
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Dell 780 Problem:
Understood, but where do I put the bookmarks when
I export and backup? Because as I said, I put them on the C: partition and they ended up on the desktop. Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
In message , Mark
Twain writes: Understood, but where do I put the bookmarks when I export and backup? Because as I said, I put them on the C: partition and they ended up on the desktop. Robert Well, I've just tried with my Firefox 26, and whether I save then as ..json or .html, it asks me where to put them; the .json defaulted to desktop and the .html to where I last saved something, but in both cases it gave me the option to choose somewhere else. It's possible that the Firefox "ask" setting for page saves and/or downloads might affect how your bookmark saving happens. I'd generally save them among my data on my D: partition (probably in D:\backups\Firefox or something like that), but it's really up to you where you save them. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi (according to the film Gandhi [1982]) |
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Dell 780 Problem:
So for example could I save them
in a folder in 'My Documents' or would they need to go somewhere like 'Programs'? or doesn't matter? Thanks, Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
Mark Twain wrote:
So for example could I save them in a folder in 'My Documents' or would they need to go somewhere like 'Programs'? or doesn't matter? Thanks, Robert Since the backup is a data item, like a shopping list or a tax form, put it where you normally store such stuff. Store it in a place you will remember. The restore function can fetch a jsonlz4 from a folder other than the profile, so you really should be able to put it somewhere else. Firefox has the two formats. It can Export to HTML. The backups it keeps are stored in jsonlz4 format. That's a human readable json, with an unnecessary compression step (lz4) added, to muck things up. And to boot, the idiots at Mozilla changed the header on the LZ4, breaking my little C program that decompresses these files. Boo and hiss, Mozilla. Paul |
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Dell 780 Problem:
In message , Mark
Twain writes: So for example could I save them in a folder in 'My Documents' or would they need to go somewhere like 'Programs'? or doesn't matter? Thanks, Robert See Paul's reply for detail; basically, you can store them wherever you like, though I (and several others) would suggest you don't store anything data-like in Program [File]s. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf I've always wanted to be happy, so I decided to be - Neil Baldwin |
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Dell 780 Problem:
I just created a bookmark folder in 'My
Documents' and exported/backed up the bookmarks and put them there and then verified they were in fact in the folder. Regarding Macrium,..I'm still not clear how to proceed after changing the partition letter? I'll have to re-read that again ,..... I've order the Verbatim CD-RW's and will do the Memtest each one at a time but may need some assistance. Thanks guys, Robert |
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Dell 780 Problem:
Mark Twain wrote:
I just created a bookmark folder in 'My Documents' and exported/backed up the bookmarks and put them there and then verified they were in fact in the folder. Regarding Macrium,..I'm still not clear how to proceed after changing the partition letter? I'll have to re-read that again ,..... I've order the Verbatim CD-RW's and will do the Memtest each one at a time but may need some assistance. Thanks guys, Robert When opening an MRIMG for browsing, you're setting the drive letter for the "backup" copy of C: so you know what it is when looking in File Explorer. If you set it to W: say, then when you're looking in File Explorer you can say to yourself "Oh, yeah, that W: is my snapshot of the machine from a week ago". Then you can use File Explorer to pull a copy of something you lost, out of the MRIMG file. Because it's just sitting there in File Explorer. When you're done, you click the W: and "dismiss it" as it doesn't need to stay mounted like that forever. It's not hurting anything, but say, you wouldn't want your searches on the machine, to keep traversing that old copy of the system partition. It might be a waste of your time for that to happen. I usually dis-mount my Macrium image, right after I get out some file I want. (In one case, it was the profile folder for my USENET client, as my USENET client likes to corrupt the news files.) ******* You will only need one CD for the memtest creation. If you bought CD-RW, they can be erased too and you can reuse them. I have mostly erasable media here, and recycle some of my installer DVDs rather than keep burning brand new ones all the time. And when I receive ISO files (for making CDs), I just burn them with IMGBurn. A program like Nero gets picky about content size, but IMGBurn will burn an optical disc as long as the content fits. Paul |
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Dell 780 Problem:
I'll copy/paste your instructions and do the
same with your originals and re-read them and try it as a test. I do have CD-RW's but I as explained those have all the backup information when we brought the 8500 back up from scratch when I lost the MBR and I don't want to overwrite those in case I need them again! That sure was a long post and probably set a record! *L* Thanks again for sticking with me and walking me through all that! I've already ordered the CD's in any case and will keep them around for things like this. I use to use Nero as well but thought you gave me a download for IMGBurn but I can't seem to find it? Could you please provide me with another? Thanks, Robert |
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