I have to re-install Windows for the billion-th time, and I’m wondering if I can just copy over the %AppData% folder from the first OS to the next, and if that will keep all of my Chrome tabs, or if I have to do something else. I don’t want to have to manually re-enter the URLs, or copy and paste them.
In general case, this should work. I did it with some apps (but not Chrome) in the distant past when I was still using Windows. I don’t recall any specific cases where it failed.
Or you could look up some Chrome-specific ways to synchronize browser state.