lost favorites
- Thread starter del29
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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.
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.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
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- 64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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although it may be too late for your bookmarks to be saved ,this will help for future .
https://www.xmarks.com/about/features
https://www.xmarks.com/about/features
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- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Hewlett packard/p6512uk
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- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
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- IIx4 amd athelon 635 processor
- Motherboard
- FOXCONN 2AA9
- Memory
- 2x2gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- ati radeon HD 5450
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- (1) Realtek High Definition Audio (2) AMD High Definition
- Monitor(s) Displays
- samsung lcd tv 32"
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- 1360x 768
- Hard Drives
- (1) WDC WD10 01FAES-60Z2A0 SATA Disk Device (2) Maxtor OneTouch USB Device (3) ST310003 33AS USB Device (4) WD My Book 1111 USB Device
- PSU
- ?
- Cooling
- air!
- Keyboard
- wireless hp
- Mouse
- wireless Hp,optical
- Internet Speed
- 1.10mb/s
- Antivirus
- MSE
- Browser
- Firefox
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.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self built custom
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 4
- Internet Speed
- 2 Gb/s Download and 100 Mb/s Upload
- Antivirus
- Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
- Browser
- Google Chrome
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system,
Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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,
Rªnce
Piriform - Products
Best Wishes,
Rªnce
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- Dell Precision M6500 / Dell Insprion 3847
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- Windows 7 Pro 32bit / Windows 7 Professional
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- Intel Core i7-620M Duel Core 2.66GHz / Intel Core i5-4460
- Memory
- 4.0 GB / 8.0 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- 1.0 GB NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M / Intel HD Graphics
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900 / 1920x1080
