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How do I restore my bookmarks and favorites from the Firefox servers using my recovery key with a new hard drive?

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I set up Firefox sync before getting a new hard drive. My understanding is that my favs and bookmarks would be stored on Firefox servers and could be synced to any of my devices.

However, now that I'm trying to restore to my new hard drive, it appears that I was supposed to sync previously with another device. I do not remember that explanation previously. I thought that my data was in the cloud and could be pulled at any time.

I have my recovery key. Can you help me?

I set up Firefox sync before getting a new hard drive. My understanding is that my favs and bookmarks would be stored on Firefox servers and could be synced to any of my devices. However, now that I'm trying to restore to my new hard drive, it appears that I was supposed to sync previously with another device. I do not remember that explanation previously. I thought that my data was in the cloud and could be pulled at any time. I have my recovery key. Can you help me?

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I don't use Firefox sync, but my assumption was the same as yours. Have you tried the steps in the last part of this article?

How to sync Firefox settings between computers > What if I'm not near my first computer?

Do you still have access to your old hard drive, or a backup of your old hard drive? You often can retrieve your bookmarks, saved passwords, settings, add-ons, and so forth from that. If you have access, a volunteer here can describe the process in more detail.

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Hey, thanks for your help. My assumptions were right and I have retrieved my data. As it turns out, I did what the instructions you provided did. It just wasn't that clear, I kind of happened upon it.

Plus, reading the sync documentation still focuses on syncing with other devices, so it is a bit confusing, at least to me.

Thanks, again.