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Cuireadh an snáithe seo sa chartlann. Cuir ceist nua má tá cabhair uait.

Deleted all bookmarks after format. Please solve it.

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I was infected with a virus and hurriedly formatted it. Re-login to Firefox was expected to update the previous bookmark, but it all disappeared.

I was infected with a virus and hurriedly formatted it. Re-login to Firefox was expected to update the previous bookmark, but it all disappeared.

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If you formatted your hard drive, your local Firefox data is erased and can be considered unrecoverable.

Unfortunately, it sounds like you've fallen into the common issue that lots of people have with the Firefox Sync service. Firefox Sync is not a backup service, so it doesn't function like one. It's designed to sync your data (bookmarks, passwords, preferences, etc) between multiple devices. It doesn't usually store permanent or complete copies of your data.

If you did not make a backup of your Firefox data before formatting your computer and logging into Firefox Sync did not recover your data, then sadly you are out of luck.