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Lost sync info...

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stylusFXN
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I'd appreciate if you could help me on this.. I formatted my hdd and tried to sync my bookmarks back from previous state (previous instalation), but I accidently lost my sync key so I made another. I believed that I could acces my original sync account with another key, but it seems that it's not working like I expected. I have original sync key now, and I wonder if you could help me to retrieve my data. Please.

Thanks, Mat

I'd appreciate if you could help me on this.. I formatted my hdd and tried to sync my bookmarks back from previous state (previous instalation), but I accidently lost my sync key so I made another. I believed that I could acces my original sync account with another key, but it seems that it's not working like I expected. I have original sync key now, and I wonder if you could help me to retrieve my data. Please. Thanks, Mat

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Sorry, that data is gone. When you get a new SyncKey your data is automatically cleared from the sync server. The data is worthless without the correct SyncKey, which is used for encryption & decryption of your data as it is uploaded and downloaded to & from the sync server.

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the-edmeister
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Sorry, that data is gone. When you get a new SyncKey your data is automatically cleared from the sync server. The data is worthless without the correct SyncKey, which is used for encryption & decryption of your data as it is uploaded and downloaded to & from the sync server.

stylusFXN
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Thanks for the assistance.

I feel pathetic right now.. ;(