New Dell homepage - and now can't find bookmarks

If you are referring to the "favorites" you saved in the old forum, they are no longer accessible. 

Say it isn't so!  OK, just so I'm clear on this - on my home page, there is the google toolbar that has the search button, spell check etc. and also has the bookemarks button- I used to click on that, that is where I would bookmark sites and get the list of all my favorite bookmarks that I put in different categories - now there is nothing, and you are saying they are just gone, with no warning or advice that we are changing our homepage, you need to save your bookmarks blah blah or something????This just seems so wrong.  Is there any way to retrieve them?

You're right, we need to be clear here. Are you referring to what you see when you start Internet Explorer in general, not having logged into this Dell support forum or having anything to do with this support forum?  Or is this a problem specific to the forum, which became "new and improved"  (hardly!)  back in October?   Is this forum or some other Dell site your homepage and all your bookmarks/favorites gone, period?  Sorry if I'm a little dense understanding the problem.   If all are gone from Internet Explorer in general you can try running a System Restore point to a recent date when all was well.    

I think this is about the Dell Start page (a custom iGoogle page) that Dell puts on new computers, that comes with Google Toolbar pre-installed.

Google Toolbar bookmarks are different from normal IE favorites.  Google Bookmarks are stored on Google's servers, not on the PC - you're at the mercy of glitches with the Google/Dell page and the Bookmarks function.

Unfortunately I don't know much more about it, but try this page to see if your bookmarks show up:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?hl=en&continue=http://www.google.com/bookmarks/bookmarks.html&nui=1&service=bookmarks

To save favorites on your PC permanently, you can import the Google bookmarks and save them, but it's honestly easier to use the Favorites directly from the IE7 menu.  Those are stored in a folder on your hard drive.

I think you are right - I set them up on the pre-installed Dell start page with the Google toolbar.  I ran a restore to an earlier date, but still unable to retrieve.  So, I have decided to move on, and will start saving them again.  At the risk of yet again sounding really dumb, how do I start saving them to Favorites as you suggested?  Thanks in advance - I appreciate you taking the time to reply.

This is the Dell homepage that came loaded on the computer.  I used the bookmark option on that toolbar to save bookmarks.  I ran a restore prior to losing the bookmarks, to no avail.  So, I guess I have to start over.  The other person who responded suggested that I use the option in Google for bookmarking.  Not sure how to do that, but have asked for some instruction.  Thanks for replying and your help.

As I am unfamiliar with this nonsense Dell is installing on their new computers I shall step aside.  I buy from the business side and have not had the perverse pleasure of such fun and games.  Per Alexandria, I suggest you stick to plain old Internet Explorer or Firefox and come up with a homepage that doesn't hijack your settings.  :emotion-12:

Here is the page that doesn't work correctly. Links are to the old forum as well as many other flaws and it should be corrected and can be if they simply change the html coding.

Dell Start Page

Rick

... how do I start saving them to Favorites as you suggested?

To save website URL's in any browser (n IE they're called 'Favorites', in Firefox they're 'Bookmarks'), use CTRL + D :emotion-5: