Whether your migrating to a new computer or reformatting your current computer, there are many things you might want to bring with you from your current Windows Operating environment. One of those simple necessities I can't seem to live without are my Internet Explorer favorite website links. I feel it's as important to backup favorites as it is my email messages and personal contacts.
The following tutorial covers how to backup IE, saving Internet Explorer favorites and then how to restore your personal Internet Explorer favorites list.
Saving Internet Explorer favorites
To Save Internet Explorer Favorites;
- Click Start-> My Computer-> C:\(This simple solution assumes Windows is installed on C drive)
- From the C drive, browse to Documents and Settings. then browse to your "user" folder (typically the same as your username) Example: C:\Documents and Settings\Lance (my username is Lance)
- Locate the favorites file folder, then copy and paste it to a new location
Restoring Internet Explorer favorites from a backup
To Restore Internet Explorer favorites from your backup;
- Click Start-> My Computer-> C:\
- Browse to Documents and Settings and then to your "user" folder
- Copy your saved favorites to the "user" folder, overwriting the old favorites when prompted