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I did a factory restore, and lost my favorites on browser can I get them back...
I did a factory restore, and lost my favorites on browser can I get them back...
Hello Del, and welcome to Seven Forums.
As you now know, a factory restore formats the HDD and reinstall Windows 7 to how it was out of the box. Unless you backed them up to another drive or partition, or you had an option to create a backup while doing the factory restore and did it, your favorites are gone for good.
Sorry for your loss.
although it may be too late for your bookmarks to be saved ,this will help for future .
https://www.xmarks.com/about/features
In addition, your favorites in Internet Explorer are stored in your C:\Users\(user-name)\Favorites folder. You could just copy and paste the contents to another location to back them up, and copy them back to restore.
What about 'Recuva'? I think the OS does a quick format before re-installing Windows. The files might actually still be on your disk. Piriform has a recovery product (free). Might be worth a try.
Piriform - Products
Best Wishes,
RȘnce