Hi,
Menu > Save options > To file ... (Other possible choices, including an automatic backup)
And this is not only useful for bar.
Many settings are saved with this option.
"Save options" and "Save file system" , are two different things.
It is necessary to use these two possibilities.
Keep duplicates of your files hfs.ini and *.vfs
This is all the more important wich seems you use the beta versions of HFS.