I just lost my Google Chrome bookmarks and extensions after restarting my laptop and it's really annoying.
I didn't find bookmarks.bak in \AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default (or anywhere else for that matter)
No, I don't use synchronization. And no, I don't use a bookmark extension.
Best Answer
You learned a valuable lesson: always backup!
If the file you're looking for is not in:
C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Ways you might be able to solve this:
Bookmarks~RF1bc01ae.TMP