Safari Looses bookmarks and the bookmark bar

I'm using Safari 3.0.4 on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5.2. Today when I launched Safari, all my bookmarks were gone. In addition there were no bookmarks listed in the bookmarks bar. If I try to show all bookmarks, Safari just spins it wheel.. and nothing is found. I tried trashing the preferences file. That worked when I relaunched Safari, but those "default" bookmarks were lost again when I quit and relaunched Safari. I also repaired my disk permissions. Has anyone had this prolbem? Any ideas how to fix it? Thanks for your support.

I relaunched Safari and the defualt bookmarks appeared in the bookmark bar. When I quit Safari and relaunched, these bookmarks were gone. Using Safari 3.0, I couldn't even show all bookmarks anymore. I decided to install Safari 3.1 yesterday. I still don't have any bookmarks for the latest version of Safari. Thanks for the help.

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Make an archive copy from one of the MBP (File>Export Bookmarks). You may not need it, but if things sync the wrong way on iCloud, you may lose them on all your devices.
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In Address Book, you have the option of entering a web site address in an individual's record. In Safari, by selecting Address Book in System Preferences>Bookmarks, you can access a list of these web addresses via either the Bookmarks Menu or Bookmarks Bar.
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