Miscellaneous: Today, I decided to upgrade to Windows 10. I wanted to keep my...

By Arrkyna - 23/08/2015 17:42

Today, I decided to upgrade to Windows 10. I wanted to keep my old files on the current hard drive, I clicked on the keep old files option. Thanks to Windows, I lost everything. FML

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Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML

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By rebeccaremily - 04/10/2009 07:03 - Canada

Today, my computer stopped working. Me, the technology challenged one, decided to do a system recovery on it hoping that I could make it better. Turns out, system recovery means deleting all the files off the computer including family photos, music and assignments and starting fresh. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/09/2009 20:22 - United States

Today, I got a new computer because my old one crashed, deleting all music, photos, and documents. I still had all my music on my iPod though, and went to sync it to the new computer. By accident, my younger brother pulled the cord out before it was done, deleting all 3,000 songs forever. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/08/2022 12:00

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By not living happily ever after - 02/12/2014 17:02 - United States - Virginia Beach

Today, I deleted a load of junk that was messing up my mother's computer. I don't know how I'm going to tell her I accidentally wiped out all of her wedding photos. FML

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By computergeek - 26/01/2010 21:25 - United States

Today, my parents got me a new computer for my birthday. They also took the liberty of throwing out my old computer, with 8 years of photos, videos, music, documents, emails, and bookmarks on it. But that's okay, I had a backup. They threw that out too. FML

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By loserman - 16/02/2009 22:19 - United States

Today, I accidentally deleted my entire email inbox. Everything from the last 3 years. EV-ER-Y-THING. FML

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Genius move

By Soopa-Genius - 22/09/2011 12:06 - Canada

Today, the new office IT guy figured the best way to get the virus off my computer was to wipe my entire hard drive. He was kind enough to back my data up and restore everything from the backups. Including the virus. FML

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stridick 9

Monday 24 August 2015 11:58

YOU HAVEN'T LOST EVERYTHING!!! in events like this Windows creates a backup. you'll find ALL your files in the "windows.old" folder. just search it up!!!

Mauskau 35

Monday 24 August 2015 11:56

Don't trust them when it says it'll retain your old files, you need to always back up your files before upgrading or changing your OS. Sometimes Windows is nice enough to put your files in a folder on the Windows drive called "windows.old" which would be where everything you had on that drive before would be saved. However I don't know if they kept that feature in Windows 10.

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joshi42 16

Wednesday 26 August 2015 3:13

Back. Up.

tomvertigo 17

Wednesday 26 August 2015 10:08

windows.old It's all there.

Octopudding 17

Wednesday 26 August 2015 10:08

It actually kept all my files.

PO_linesman 4

Wednesday 26 August 2015 11:28

YDI for not backing up. Always, before a major system upgrade, back up your files. It doesn't matter whether it's Windows, Linux or MacOS, or whether they offer to keep your files. There's always a possibility of things going pear-shaped with any major system upgrade.

Amranih 20

Wednesday 26 August 2015 17:45

not possible u must did something wrong

acidonymous 10

Wednesday 26 August 2015 19:52

this happened to my boyfriend too. it completely destroyed his hard drive and he needed a new one.

pntgirl95 14

Wednesday 26 August 2015 20:35

I didn't have that option, it just upgraded like a regular update and didn't touch my files. odd.

cocoa020 6

Thursday 27 August 2015 0:43

YDI, most everyone knows you have to back up your hard drive, and if you're really paranoid, double and triple back it up. Blindly trusting Windows will lead to this. Invest in a large memory USB drive or an external hard drive and now back up every so often. It's not too expensive now, and worth it