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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By mlowy - 09/05/2014 05:35 - Azerbaijan - Baku

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 ThisGirl - 21/08/2012 02:30 - United States - Kennesaw

Today, I lost two terabytes' worth of photos to a friend's incompetence. He said he could save me some money and fix my slow computer for free. He ended up wiping the hard drive, and along with it, my photography portfolio from the last five years. FML

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Time to rebuild

By Anonymous - 06/08/2022 12:00

Today, my computer crashed and corrupted my games files and deleted over 100 hours of saved data. I have to now start all over again. FML

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Restore device

By Anonymous - 08/04/2023 12:00 - Canada - Québec

Today, I woke up to find out that my phone, which contained all of my pictures and videos from the past year, had completely crashed. Despite trying everything, I couldn't recover any of the data, even from the cloud backup. All those memories, gone forever. FML

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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.

Comments

copydude 7

Friday 28 August 2015 0:03

I have installed Windows 10 on 4 computers thus far, three had 7 and one had 8.1 and have had no issues updating nor have I lost any files. It is a great system, much cleaner and faster than it's predecessors.

EmDizzle2007 28

Sunday 30 August 2015 13:20

how strange, none of my personal files were deleted.... but i backed everything up just in case..

Paladeus 9

Monday 31 August 2015 18:40

First rule of computers: Back up everything you care about in a safe place.

fryebaby623 14

Wednesday 11 November 2015 23:54

Backup, backup always backup. Plus type in windows.old, windows usually does a backup.

huehuebrbr 5

Sunday 13 December 2015 10:35

Biggest rule of computers is always have backups. The 2nd biggest rule is NEVER install windows 10 unless you want Microsoft saving literally every single thing you type including passwords and such. It's called telemetry. Windows 7 and 8 have this too, but the feature is in the form of updates that can be uninstalled easily. Windows 10 was built around telemetry, so you're stuck with it on 10. Oh I should also mention that Microsoft can also see you search for files on your own computer and have future plans to deliver DMCA notices to people who type the name of a movie that was illegally downloaded. If that's not invasion of privacy I don't know what is.