How can I take my Favorites and Bookmarks to another computer?
IE Users: To transfer favorites between home and work, copy the contents of your Favorites folder (or just a portion of it) to a diskette and take it to the other computer.
Do
not copy the entire Favorites folder as it will overwrite the existing Favorites
folder on the new target computer and could overwrite existing links. Rather,
copy chosen links and subfolders from inside the Favorites folder. You can still
copy everything, just not the Favorites folder itself.
One suggestion: Create a subfolder inside Favorites and drag-drop or save to that folder any links you wish to take with you. Then you simply copy that folder to a floppy disk and put it in your pocket.
The Favorites folder example to the left has a subfolder called !Travel bag. In it goes all links that will be moved to new machines. The added exclamation mark (!Travel bag) causes the folder to appear at the top of the alphabetized list, making it easier to locate.
When you sit at the new computer, simply drag and drop the folder(s) into the new computer's Favorites folder. The copied links will automatically appear when you open the new computer's IE Favorites Menu.
If you use a file compression program like WinZip, you can compress all or portions of your Favorites and email them as one file.
Netscape Users: Netscape saves bookmarks to a single Bookmark.htm file rather than a folder. Thus, all your bookmarks are already stored as a Web page and can be easily copied to a diskette and used on another computer simply by double-clicking on the file. It's difficult to say exactly where your bookmark file resides on your hard drive because it changes depending on the version of Netscape you use. Search your C: Drive for bookmark.htm
Compatibility issue: Because IE uses a folder, and Netscape uses a file to store URLS, there is no easy cross integration of URL links. IE's Favorites do not include an Import option and cannot import the Netscape Bookmark.htm file. Netscape's Import option is for importing other bookmark.htm files. It will not import links from IE's Favorites folder.
However, IE can view Netscape's Bookmark.htm as a Web page and access the links.
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