hello all

i have i.e. explorer ver 6.0 sp1, updates q867801, and q823353
all was well until recently. it now hangs up wont go to web sites (page cannot be displayed) just general problems.
i have xp installed on one hdd(c,d partions) two cd-roms (e,f)
two things i have recently done. put 2nd slave hdd with intent to use XPs disk management, downloaded and installed ms mediaplayer 10. i have gotten the system somewhat back by using a system restore point . however system restore refers to changes made by drivef(the second hdd now gone) i have run spybot, avast antivirus, hijack this all is well by them.changed to default settings on i.e. but still doesn,t work correctly. before i download I.E. again and install again. how can i save all my favorite web sites? any other suggestions? john