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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boating_guy 33

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

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brendejafulable 41

She probably had sold it to buy you this one.

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Reasonable_one 12

It is a good thing you had everything you wanted to keep backed-up. You never know when your computer will crash, get dropped, stolen or given away by a family member.

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Ipsum629 13

if you had steam games toy won't have to rebuy them.

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krissayymarie 12

Always back up your stuff! But what a b***h for not asking you first!

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p36288 17

Remember save a copy of any data another place, like certain cloud drive, and important data at least two places.

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RyanBee 14

Don't forget all the porno saved in that! That sucks OP

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lRain 6

I don't mean to sound heartless but who goes through 6 years without backing up stuff on a hard drive. Sorry OP but it would be a good investment to buy a 1 terabyte HD. I feel memories don't really have a price.

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CandyApple88 13

Having had many things thrown out by my mother, I'm feeling the pain and some anger. If you can't get your old laptop back (to get your data) I'd return the favour and give away something of your mother's that she values.

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ByeTech 10

Hi guys! OP here. For everybody suggesting I find out who my mom gave the computer to - I'm afraid it's not possible because she actually threw it away. I totally should have had a back up, I admit, but I didn't know I was getting a laptop for my birthday. Sigh. At least my new laptop is pink. Thanks for the support!

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kotake 7

This is actually really bad. If someone gets a hold of it, they can get a lot of personal information. Not only is that six years of your life they can recreate, if you used a credit card even once there's a chance they can get that too (granted those would be some pretty damn good junkyard techies). TL;DR: Just for future note, either destroy all old hard drives you're done with (hammer is old fashioned and does its job well) or just save that crap somewhere in a box in your garage/basement. Don't throw away hard drives, that's soooooooo much information. And you have literally no idea where it goes.

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sicksadworld1317 30

Check the dumpster asap, OP! You may only have a slim chance of recovering your computer, but it's at least worth a try.

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