Just lost two decks a week before my exam. Cheers guys 
Have you tried restoring an automatically created backup?
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You don’t say how you lost them (or why you think they are lost), so it’s hard to offer you much more than – Restoring an Automatic Backup (Recovering from Data Loss) - Anki FAQs .
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I tried that
What can I do if I don’t know how I lost them. Was it one of the updates that did it?!
Maybe start with the basics by explaining
- what you did,
- when the issue first occured
- if you’ve got (manual) backups or are synced to ankiweb
- which version you were using before and to which one you upgraded
- ect.
There is a reason the forum greets you with this text when opening a topic:
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I understand it’s frustrating but just writing “Just lost two decks a week before my exam. Cheers guys” doesn’t help anyone and feels more like spam or at least like a troll post.
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I’m sorry to all. I have followed the FAQ and backup instructions however I cannot find them. I will try again and follow your specific steps. A-Levels is holy crash out season but luckily Liverpool won the league.
Kind regards
A changed man
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It seems like there are lots of questions you could answer, like –
- Where are you looking for them and not finding them?
- Is it just the “decks” or is it the cards that were in them too? Have you checked that?
- “I tried that” – What happened when you restored the backup? If they weren’t in the most recent one, did you try another one?
Generally – no, it wouldn’t be that. But this is the first mention you’ve made of any updates so we have no idea what updates you’re referring to! 
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