Miscellaneous: Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought...

By Anonymous - 27/11/2012 05:06 - United States - Appleton

Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought she'd downloaded a virus that stopped her from being able to click on anything, erasing my 7-page paper in the process. It turns out it was just the batteries dying in our wireless mouse. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/09/2021 19:00 - United States - Steele

Today, after almost a week of my cursor randomly freezing, I'd had enough and was about ready to go out and get a new computer mouse. It wasn't until just now that I realized nothing was wrong with my mouse. It was running on fumes because I forgot to replace the battery. FML

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By tech_support - 04/11/2011 16:05 - Sweden

Today, at work, my mouse cursor kept randomly moving all over the screen, and messed up an entire day's attempted work. As I was leaving, I overheard one of my co-workers saying he'd plugged a wireless mouse adapter into my computer, and had been trolling me all day. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/12/2020 09:32 - Sri Lanka - Colombo

Today, my mum vented her anger on me by shattering my mouse on the floor, taking my keyboard and nearly ripping out my monitor. At least a spare mouse and the on screen keyboard are better than nothing. This hurts. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/06/2009 17:52 - United States

Today, my mom thought it would be a good idea to see what websites I go on from my computer while I wasn't home. She clicked the link that gave my computer a virus that I just got rid of a few days ago. 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 Caci Johnson - 15/10/2017 04:30

Today, I sat down at my computer for the first time in a week, and discovered that my cat had thrown up all over my keyboard. I needed to write up an important document but the chunks were stuck down in the keys, effectively locking it up and making it useless. FML

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Brain fart

By Anonymous - 27/01/2010 18:09 - United States

Today, the speakers on my laptop weren't working. I worried I'd broken something, and started freaking out. I restarted my computer numerous times and played with the settings for an hour before calling my sister in to help. She looked at it for two seconds, then unplugged my headphones. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/07/2023 03:00

Today, my dad was sat on my laptop in the living room trying to learn how to do some rewiring around the house when he, and I quote, ”clicked on the thing.” My laptop is now riddled with so many viruses it’s basically a house brick. FML

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By Kenny - 24/01/2014 07:16 - Nigeria - Lagos

Today, I noticed my laptop kept shutting down and the mouse cursor was all over the place, clicking on every folder. I dismantled the entire computer only to notice something in one of my USB drives: the receiver to a wireless mouse my colleague put there earlier to play a prank on me. 5ML

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By duderboi99 - 25/05/2009 19:45 - United States

Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade. My dog starts scratching himself. He hit the power button on the computer. Nothing was saved. FML

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TheSithAssassin 15

Tuesday 27 November 2012 12:04

I'm not certain why you never saved it once. It just seems like the obvious thing to do. There is a chance that the file still exists on your hard drive if you want to search for it. Some word processors create auto recoveries and backups which are sometimes hidden files.

NFSMax 5

Tuesday 27 November 2012 12:04

Hopefully your document has auto save function. Or use EasyRecovery. Good luck!

Comments

katieisacar_fml 8

Tuesday 27 November 2012 23:41

Do you mean she reinstalled it? As in reinstalling the operating sytem? Because then I could understand how you lost your paper. Otherwise, surely you'd save one copy at least or have autosave

Bebbo_fml 21

Wednesday 28 November 2012 1:16

OP, this is where usb keys and email come in handy.

umyeahh 13

Wednesday 28 November 2012 1:31

Why didn't you save it

FailingKing 4

Wednesday 28 November 2012 1:58

Why the hell didn't you save it?! YDI

writergirl23 19

Wednesday 28 November 2012 2:12

That is why you save it regularly.

iwadasn 32

Wednesday 28 November 2012 3:39

You typed seven pages and never saved once? YDI.

AtomicRebirth 11

Wednesday 28 November 2012 3:57

"Ctrl" + "S" is a life saver. Should have used it.

coolbrony12 3

Wednesday 28 November 2012 4:00

I think misunderstood the FML. When her mom restarted the computer it means she deleted all memory trying to get rid of the virus. So it isn't OPs fault at all. They probably did save it, but all memory was erased.

allan2747 7

Wednesday 28 November 2012 4:32

No, what OP means is that her step mom restarted the computer which means turn it off then on again, not RESTORING it :)

ideasrule 13

Wednesday 28 November 2012 5:59

Files are not saved to memory; they're saved to the hard disk. Computer memory is for storing the data that programs need while executing. It's also volatile, meaning power is needed to maintain its current state. Turning the computer off for more than several seconds means everything in memory is permanently lost.