Backing up your Firefox data
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Level of expertise required: Medium
A lot of work can be invested in building up your bookmarks, configuring Firefox just the way you like it, and inserting all those logins and passwords that Firefox remembers for you, so you would probably feel better if you could make a back up of this data in case something happens, like a possible corruption when losing power suddenly. Note: the following instructions is equally applicable to your Thunderbird files. First, make sure that you can view invisible files in Windows. To do so, in a folder menu, select Tools and Folder Options. Click on View and select "Show hidden files and folders". Now, make sure that Firefox is closed or it will not permit the copy of your data. Once this is done, go to this address, where "YOURNAME" is your Windows Profile folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\YOURNAME\Application Data\Mozilla
Copy the Firefox folder to a place on your computer where you store your data, preferably in a different disk partition or a second hard disk altogether. Another little suggestion on that topic: bookmark the pages of all your favorite extensions in Firefox Add-ons, it will be easier to install them all back if something were to happen.
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