Quick Help Please

b182tm · 03-14-2006, 09:16 PM

Hey, before I reformat my hard drive, whats the best way to save all my stuff thats on there now? (Music, documents, programs, etc...) Also, how do I save my Firefox layout, I love how its set up, and I hate having to redo it everytime (Toolbars, bookmarks...)

Thanks,
Derek

[-0MEGA-] · 03-14-2006, 09:22 PM

Why not put all your data on a DVD or second hard drive? Im not sure about furefox since i dont have it, but is there an option to save the settings?

b182tm · 03-14-2006, 11:04 PM

I'm not sure, I'll go check. But I guess I am just going to put it on blank DVD's, hopefull programs go on there fine.

**DCIScouts** · 03-15-2006, 04:55 AM

You'll have to physically go into the settings files/folders in the program folders on your hard drive. Then just transfer the folder back over when you reload everything. Let me see if I can find it real quick a second...

EDIT: If you're using any extensions or custom skins, you will have to just remember what they are and install them once you are done. As for your bookmarks and toolbars, they are located on you drive here... C://Documents and Settings/*your account name*/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/profiles/rcpr17vg.default Then you just copy the bookmarks file that is in that window (not in the backup folder), and just copy it back over when you have reinstalled the program. Hope this helps! Oh, and BTW I hope that you are talking about the installer programs, because programs will not copy over without the proper registry entry...

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b182tm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bronco Country Age: 19 Posts: 1,044	Quick Help Please Hey, before I reformat my hard drive, whats the best way to save all my stuff thats on there now? (Music, documents, programs, etc...) Also, how do I save my Firefox layout, I love how its set up, and I hate having to redo it everytime (Toolbars, bookmarks...) Thanks, Derek __________________ mobo ASUS A8N5X cpu AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ memory 1GB GeIL RAM video card 6600 GT 128MB hard drive Samsung 120GB SATA HDD R.I.P. Darrent Williams

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03-14-2006, 11:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
b182tm Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bronco Country Age: 19 Posts: 1,044	I'm not sure, I'll go check. But I guess I am just going to put it on blank DVD's, hopefull programs go on there fine. __________________ mobo ASUS A8N5X cpu AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ memory 1GB GeIL RAM video card 6600 GT 128MB hard drive Samsung 120GB SATA HDD R.I.P. Darrent Williams

03-15-2006, 04:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 25 Posts: 5,049	You'll have to physically go into the settings files/folders in the program folders on your hard drive. Then just transfer the folder back over when you reload everything. Let me see if I can find it real quick a second... EDIT: If you're using any extensions or custom skins, you will have to just remember what they are and install them once you are done. As for your bookmarks and toolbars, they are located on you drive here... C://Documents and Settings/your account name/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/profiles/rcpr17vg.default Then you just copy the bookmarks file that is in that window (not in the backup folder), and just copy it back over when you have reinstalled the program. Hope this helps! Oh, and BTW I hope that you are talking about the installer programs, because programs will not copy over without the proper registry entry... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF Last edited by DCIScouts; 03-15-2006 at 05:04 AM.

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