data recovery

Game saves are stored both on the console and the Cloud for the Xbox One. If you have an Xbox One and have done a factory reset then you can easily recover your game save by starting the game and allowing it to sync.

If you have a console still connected to the Internet, the game data is stored on the cloud, that is your profile and save. If you restart the console or give it to the factory default settings, these data are synchronized when you start the game and you
can continue where you left off. But if you do not have a console connected to the Internet, you have lost the game data forever.

Onyx is right.
This page covers a lot of details about cloud saves on Xbox One that cover a number of scenarios if you have further questiosn about how it works, and how to use them.

I thank you for your response to my query... I completely agree with you, that it's not what I wanted to hear. But I really appreciate your time on this. As an ambassador for xbox I'm sure you get to answer a lot of questions about the same problems...and
for that again I thank you.

Yours, Snail 🐌

/sigh ok didn't save to cloud so I screwed up sucks be to me.....