Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back
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blackbird71 last edited by@ljfried If you "re-installed all the Carbonite files but do not see Opera", how did you get the Opera installation that you currently have? IOW, there's some unclarity in your description of what you had backed up onto Carbonite and exactly what was involved in "resetting" your computer, as well as at what folder level you copied back the Opera files. Did the "resetting" of your computer involve a full image-restoration from Carbonite that included restoration of Windows itself, or did you first reinstall Windows from disks (or other media) and then pull down the Carbonite files?
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ljfried last edited by
@blackbird71 Thank you. I installed Opera this morning manually after Carbonite was finished. I had an HP tech guy "chatting" with me to help two days ago. I think I re-installed Windows "locally" - definitely not with disks. Don't know what IOW means. I think I backed up everything on Carbonite - there were 319,000 files and it took about 35 hours.
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blackbird71 last edited by
@ljfried IOW is a common abbreviation for 'in other words'.
If you click on Bookmarks, it will show you what bookmarks are in the bookmarks file Opera is currently looking at. If you go to O(Menu) > Help > About Opera, it will give you the path to the Profile folder where Opera is currently looking for the bookmarks file. That is to where you would need to restore the Carbonite bookmarks file (be sure Opera is turned off while doing that restoration or it may lock the file, preventing restoration).
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ljfried last edited by
@blackbird71 Sorry, I'm a total jerk. I'm not seeing anything under bookmarks or speed dial
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blackbird71 last edited by blackbird71
@ljfried What do you see for the path to the Profile folder? If you open Windows file explorer, can you navigate to that folder and see if there is a Bookmarks file present, and if so, what is its listed size? (edited to add:) Also, post here the full path terminology to the profile folder.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@ljfried You missed the second Bookmarks. The path is Menu > Bookmarks > Bookmarks. You also can get there by typing opera://bookmarks in the address bar.
It will lead you to the bookmarks manager page and will show you all the bookmarks in the current Opera installation.
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ljfried last edited by
there is nothing in them except the 2 speed dials I added this morning - nothing of all the old speed dials which I had before re=setting computer
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blackbird71 last edited by
@ljfried said in Computer Re-Set - Getting Bookmarks Back:
... You are very kind. I did what you said - there are no bookmarks, no speed dial. I don't know what Profile folder is. Very sorry.
Don't let the terminology bewilder you. Computers organize their stored data or software/programs along the lines of a physical filing cabinet. There are stored 'files', each of which is specific to some kind of data or program instructions (much like different business letters that are saved in a filing cabinet). Then there are 'folders' (also called 'directories') that group various files together for logical ease of retrieval (much like filing cabinet folders within drawers that are labeled by some topic name). A computer folder can contain either files and/or other sub-folders with their own files, etc.
The net result of such an organization is to create a logical path or "tree" for the computer and its software to be able to locate and access a specific file upon demand, as well as to make it easier for humans to track their way intelligently through the very massive data storage structure (as your 319,000 Carbonite files demonstrates).
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ljfried last edited by
@leocg Everyone here has been very kind and generous with your time. This old Luddite appreciates it! Maybe I'm using the wrong word. Maybe I should be saying Speed Dial instead of book mark? I have dozens of website on, I guess, Speed Dial.
No matter for right now.....it's turns out I'm having to send my 9 month old laptop back to HP because the screen problem hasn't gone away. I'll be using my 8 year old Lenovo temporarily.
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