By 4lphab3t4 - 11/06/2015 14:37 - United Kingdom - Stanmore

Today, the main file and backups of the book I've been writing for 2 and a half years mysteriously vanished. It turned out my mum decided that me spending so much time in my room must mean I'm watching porn, and so she trashed everything. FML
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Hi guys, OP here. To all of you who say this was a bit ambiguous, I ran out of space, so let me explain in more detail. I had 3 separate USBs, one of which I carry around my neck to prevent this from happening. Everything was clearly labelled and everyone was aware that I was writing a book. As for the USB around my neck, labelled "Confidential - **** off", I took it off for a shower, and when I came back... Poof! Gone. To those of you saying I should move out, I'm 16, so no chance of that happening. And when I said "Trashed" I meant literally gone. Everything downloaded onto a separate hard drive and removed while I was out of the house. As to how she guessed my password, I may never know. But yeah, this is my follow up, hope this clears things up somewhat.

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FieldLeftBlank 20

Take it to an IT shop, deleted files can be recovered. And what the hell is her problem even if you had been watching ****...

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FYLTHOUGH 15

Didn't you tell her you were writing a book?

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NotYourAnon 10

Not sure how long ago this happened, but there are some great software solutions to fix stuff like that. One in particular is called Recuva

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CommentKing207 23

Why can't parents respect their children's privacy? No reason to so call "trash" everything.

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haynesbrand93 6

2 @ a half years? Were you making the 8th Harry Potter novel? ?

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Hyenayena 27

Ever heard of a hobby? Or writers block? My boyfriend is a writer as well, and his stories can take a long time to finish, as some days he's extremely motivated and other days he's just out of it

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emcat730 14

A lot of writers take several years to write books. Writing a novel is actually a lot of work. It takes a lot of planning on the front end and then reworking and editing as you go.

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ningningniumai 11

Download recuva now and recover the file. There's no need to go to any IT guys.

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rkchiu 3

you didn't password protect the computer?

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trey600rr 22

slap that fool for messing with your private stuff!

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dasvdub 8

It's called backup your files... And save your files to more than one place, my .02 cents

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Awesomeify 15

Your hundredths of a cent? It would be "2 cents" or "$ .02"

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villetf 11

That is why you make a backup or at least upload it to Google Drive or something like that. The computer can break anytime, you know.

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Marchur 5

Use Recuva it's free and works awesome!

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