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Firefox resetting (deleting all settings, bookmarks, etc) after power outage

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shardian:
Ok this is the second time I have lost ALL of my vast collection of bookmarks! The power flickered here at work, and the pc powered off and on twice. When I finally got it back up, firefox was completely reset like it had just been freshly installed. This happened about a month ago. And guess what, this NEVER happened before the screwy update was implemented approximately 2 months ago.

Has anyone else had this happen, and does anyone know if my bookmarks are recoverable? The bookmarks.html file in the profiles folder is blank-a-mondo before anyone recommends checking that.

ChadTower:

I'd recommend backing them up from time to time with an export.

shardian:
Well that don't do me any good now. Why in the world would firefox wipe out everything in the first place???

ChadTower:

Power interruptions do nasty things in Windows.  I'd be surprised if it is only Firefox that is wonked in some way.

shardian:
I believe you are right about it being windows related. I also lost settings for Azureus, which also happened to be running when the power flickered.

Oh well.

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