# Lost all my Fritzing data

**URL:** <https://forum.fritzing.org/t/lost-all-my-fritzing-data/14505>\
**Category:** Tutorials - Guides - How to's - & Experiences.\
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/lost-all-my-fritzing-data/14505 "2021-11-29T03:55:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![pauloscheidegger](https://forum.fritzing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dfb087/32.png) [@pauloscheidegger](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/pauloscheidegger)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/lost-all-my-fritzing-data/14505/1 "2021-11-29T03:55:05Z")

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I had to format my HD and wanto to know if it is possible to recover former projects from a copy/paste backup in external HD.

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**Author:** ![vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/vanepp/32/4426_2.png) [@vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/vanepp)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/lost-all-my-fritzing-data/14505/2 "2021-11-29T04:50:05Z")

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As long as the archive is .fzz or .fzpz files (sketches and custom parts) the answer should be yes, just do a File-\>Open-\>filename.fzz or .fzpz and Fritzing should open them.

Peter