why did i lost all my bookmarks?

[Alan Pope]

On 20 October 2011 09:33, PM <ubuntu.bkn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have lost all my bookmarks after I ran BleachBit, does it even remove the
> Firefox bookmarks?
>

30 seconds + google + "BleachBit browser bookmarks" found this link:-

http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/documentation/faq

"Q: How can I delete Firefox URL history without deleting bookmarks?
A: Uncheck Places and check URL history. Firefox version 3 stores
bookmarks, favicons, and URL history in a single file called the
Places database."

Implying that by default it does.

> I am amazed to see this effect! Lost all the good websites collected over
> the past few months. Any short (preferred) method to recover??
>

Standard answer: Restore from backups.

Cheers,
Al.