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Bookmarks recovery

János Fótos
János Fótos
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Hi,

My laptop had broken and I had to reinstall Windows. All of my files had been lost on the C drive, including Firefox bookmarks. Sadly there weren't any backup json files anywhere else. Is there a way to recover those bookmarks somehow?

Thank you, János

Hi, My laptop had broken and I had to reinstall Windows. All of my files had been lost on the C drive, including Firefox bookmarks. Sadly there weren't any backup json files anywhere else. Is there a way to recover those bookmarks somehow? Thank you, János

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markwarner22
markwarner22
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No backups no recovery possible.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi János, I'm guessing that you either were not using Firefox Sync or Sync failed to bring over your bookmarks.

Did you use the type of reset where Windows asks if you want to save your data? In that case, you could look for a new folder named

C:\Windows.old

This temporary folder normally contains a copy of your old Users\<username> folder. For tips on exploring it for Firefox data, see:

https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1448733

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