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March 22nd, 2006 
QuadsZilla You may have heard me talk before about Roboform. It’s really a wonderful program if you have hundreds of passwords and sites to manage like I do. It securely saves all your Usernames and Password Information so you can log into any site with one click. It also saves Identities for when you have to give your information for signing up for an affiliate program (for example) and will generate secure, random passwords for you.
But let’s say you fried your hard drive and are going to your backup of all the passwords and logins. Well, you had better know all the URLs because it only saves the Name of the site, the Usernames and passwords in the backups – not the URLs Correction: it does not save the URLS on Default). This especially sucks for when you have saved long string IP address URLs with special functions embedded in them.
Just an FYI.
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…Just not true… When you use Backup & Restore function (or simply back up your data folder somewhere) RoboForm saves EVERYTHING you put in to it, including the URL’s.
I just emailed Roboform tech support and they say all info (inc. URLs) is saved. Their reply:
Yes, ALL information including URLs will be restored.
Please, try this:
- backup your Roboform data;
- go to backup folder;
- double-click any Passcard.
You will be able to see all information stored in this Passcard including URL (at the bottom of the Editor’s window).
that sucks … good ol’ excel works too
even has a built in randomizer … you close your eyes and randomly hit your keybaord … wokrd real good too.
sorry … couldn’t resist
If you go into the passcards file select home and then on the top ‘passcards – > print’ a printable list of all the usernames and passwords will appear. On the right there is a checkbox that says ‘full url’ the full urls will be added on the list. I print this out and keep it in the safe bolted to the floor in my bedroom in the ‘what you need if I get hit by a bus file’. It shows IP’s and URL’s. Not a perfect solution but better than nuthin’.
Yea, I didn’t check that box – so maybe it’s just user error(isn’t it always>). On the other hand, maybe that could be checked on default?
There are still ways to get data off a failed drive. For example, you can try putting it in the freezer for a a few hours, and then you may get a few minutes to back stuff up from it before it dies (but if you do this, it tends to then be dead forever iirc).
Example here: http://zero.hastypastry.net/forums/
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If you are interested we have developed a FREE roboform online backup tool. It has saved my butt a ton of times in terms of recovering my files after a computer crash. Or when I come home from work, I can restore my Roboform files from my work computer with a simple click of the button.
http://www.roboformonlinebackup.com/
Thanks
Alex