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By Hi-Tech - 03/03/2015 15:34 - Europe

Today, I got a laptop for my birthday. I was thrilled until I realized that my mom had given away my old one without asking. 6 years of games, music, and pictures down the drain. 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 Oh no - 13/10/2018 03:00

Today, I went searching for my old school laptop only to find that my stepdad had swiped it and given it to his mother. My sex tapes and nudes are on it. FML

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Always save to the cloud!

By beachedwhale21 - 22/06/2020 05:01

Today, I finally finished typing up a story I had been working on for about 7 months, saved it on my computer and left to hang with friends. Came home later to find my dad had sold my laptop in order to pay his phone bill. My hard work is now gone. FML

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By chaos2007 - 13/05/2009 05:11 - United States

Today, it's my birthday. After a day out partying, I came home to find all my stuff smashed in the yard, even my 42" plasma TV. After asking my girlfriend what her problem was, she said a "slut" left a message on the machine stating how fun last night was. It turned out to be my mom. FML

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By chickenflavouredlaptop - 09/04/2018 01:30

Today, I received my new laptop in the mail and put it on the kitchen counter, where my family charges all our electronics. My mom then decided to make soup and spilt chicken broth all over my new laptop before I even got the chance to turn it on. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/08/2022 20:00 - United States - Washington

Today, using the money my mom gave me for my birthday, I bought a new laptop for school. When I went online to register for classes, I found that all the online classes were full and remaining classes didn't qualify for my major. 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 Anonymous - 12/10/2017 20:00

Today, my mom borrowed my computer without my permission and downloaded a virus. I came home to a blue screen of death. She refuses to admit fault and pay for a new computer. FML

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By computerguy - 22/01/2011 01:15 - Canada

Today, I took the motherboard out of my computer so I could put more RAM and a new video card in. While I was in the bathroom my mom threw it all out because it 'looked like garbage'. FML

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By wheatsnake - 08/10/2009 13:31 - Australia

Today, I took my new laptop into my house from my car, thinking it would be a too much of a target for kids grabbing it. I came home tonight to find my door kicked in, my laptop gone and my TV ripped from the wall. FML

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boating_guy 33

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:09

Yikes. Ask for it back so you can get all the old data from it! I'm sure any reasonable person would oblige

brendejafulable 41

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:10

She probably had sold it to buy you this one.

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boating_guy 33

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:09

Yikes. Ask for it back so you can get all the old data from it! I'm sure any reasonable person would oblige

RadikulRam 16

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:45

It can be very dangerous to pass on a computer. If you pass on a computer, wipe the HDD with 1's and 0's numerous times. Yes, pressing delete on your computer doesn't actually delete files, it makes them some what unavailable waiting to be overwritten.

zach205 24

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:09

That sucks, I am glad that it has never happened to me, I got a lot I would never want to lose. Some parents don't understand that you can't just magically transfer data without having the old computer around.

hekinokuroihi 20

Wednesday 4 March 2015 7:13

Yes you can. It's called the cloud or a remote server.

AnthraxPrincess 18

Wednesday 4 March 2015 7:58

And that's really ******* helpful when you don't back it up to the cloud because you haven't planned on your mother getting rid of your computer.

Vegetarian27 24

Wednesday 4 March 2015 12:19

Some of us don't want 5Tb of data sitting in the cloud

NiceGuysDoWin 21

Wednesday 4 March 2015 12:42

Should have backed it up.

Retaheki 27

Wednesday 4 March 2015 14:14

#41, OP needs the original computer to put it on a cloud because it's not currently in a cloud.

rockcem 9

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:10

Damn.. That sucks. I would be mad as hell

brendejafulable 41

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:10

She probably had sold it to buy you this one.

WitEluded 13

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:11

Hope you can find out who she sold it to and copy all the data

ThatDamHuntress 20

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:16

Then make her pay for new music and games.

pimpmilk69 18

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:18

ahh memories. well at least you get to make new ones...

yerawizardlizzy 27

Wednesday 4 March 2015 0:18

My parents took my old laptop to an electronics recycling day before I could transfer everything onto my new one. Granted, I had two years and was just lazy, but I feel your pain, OP. I was devastated. I've been able to recover my music from my old mp3 player, but the photos and documents are long gone. Major hugs from me, OP.