On the subject of "Bookmarks", I too bought a new laptop recently and imported my "Favourites" from IE8 into Chrome. Up until recently, about a week or so ago, the folder at the end of my Bookmarks bar titled "Imported from IE" used to show the bookmarks in a column down the left hand side of the screen when clicked on. One day last week when I clicked on it the column of Bookmarks appeared on the left of the screen about 50mm from the edge.
Did I unknowingly do something to cause this? and if so, how can I get it back to the edge of the screen?