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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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML
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
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
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
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
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
Today, my computer decided to upgrade to Windows 11, moments before I presented to dozens of people. I had to go solely by memory with no notes, graphs, or illustrations. FML
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
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
Today, I accidentally deleted my entire email inbox. Everything from the last 3 years. EV-ER-Y-THING. FML
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Top comments
stridick 9
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 36
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.
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momof3honeybee 13
Your computer can only please one person a day. Today is not your day and tomorrow doesn't look good either.
thejonac 21
welll just in case in the future you want to try a new brand, i'm reslly satisfied w apple's mac
TheNewGuy03 29
...how would that solve anything at all?
ARetardedSeal 24
Try and see if a restore/roll back to windows 7/8.1 would work. I think you'll find what you need also in windows. old good luck
JLattouf 22
As someone who works in IT, the first step is ALWAYS back everything up, regardless if you're doing an upgrade, because you never know when your computer can crap out. Better to have everything backed up and not need it than to have nothing backed up and it get erased. Hopefully you can recover your info though! Check that "Windows.old" folder or try a recovery program
sousaphonist 14
Normally, I'd say that you should call Customer Support and complain. However, having done so myself to try and figure out why my machine wouldn't upgrade, I can tell you first-hand that their Customer Service is s***. You're better off sending them a letter through snail-mail. Their address, as well as the current CEO's name, is available on Yahoo Finance.
jessica1519 11
USER ERROR
Kristoffer 35
YDI for not having backup.
Csenecal 7
No that happened to me too. Everything was lost
musicmann13 10
that never happened to me. my computer actually works better now
cathrope 10
Always, always, always backup your files before updating windows like that, your 100% guaranted to lose files when upgrading to a new Windows operating system