Posted by MikeyMuchos on 10/04/06 09:53

Andy Dingley wrote:

> MikeyMuchos wrote:
>
> > some web pages saved locally into a directory will at some later date
> > disappear leaving only an empty "*_files" folder.
>
> When Chuck Norris saves web pages, they stay saved.

Is Chuck Norris Looking for a needy friend?

> What are you using to store yours?
I'm clicking on File>Save page as... in WinXP. A method that seems to
works for the saving of other files, even HTML ones, until the
mysterious disappearances take place.

>Have you considered upgrading to Chuck Norris?

Not until now. I'm sure my wife will be most enthusiastic though. That
is unless Chuck is now as old, bald and decrepit as some of his
contemporaries.


> If you don't, you may be only seconds away from a fatal downloading experience.

OK, I'll Chuck it.

> Seriously, "saved" web pages are those that are deliberately exported
> from some web user agent or other and they're placed into the
> filesystem where nothing else should ever touch them. If you're
> stretching the meaning of "saved" to mean "I noticed my browser was
> already caching them somewhere automatically" then this just isn't
> reliable. The browser doesn't know you've also taken an interest in
> them, so naturally it purges them after time because _it_ has finished
> with them.

I see what you mean but I'm referring to a standard "File > Save"
operation

> If you store them under some "temp" directory, then all bets are off.
> Put them somewhere you understand, where _you_ know where they are.

I do, for instance: FileLib>Building>Heating>Boilers>Potterton

> I don't know what a "System Restore" is, but it sounds like some
> ghastly Windows feeature for updating to a fresh set of bugs.

That's basically the one, except perhaps it's returning to an old set
of bugs

>If they're involved, anything could happen. Nothing under those Windows
> "My Directory" paths can be trusted, because Windows is too fond of
> changing your identity and moving you to a whole clean new set.

Sounds most appealing, in many ways. I usually store files in
directories within my own structured filing system. Seems to work fine
for most items.

>If you start looking from "C:\Documents and Settings\" though, you might find
> they're still there under another account name.

That sounds attractively Alice in Wonderland. If only computing had
turned out to be so much fun.

Thanks,
Mike

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