Miscellaneous: Today, I tried to open the research paper I've been working on...

By ScienceFail - 25/07/2010 19:31 - United States

Today, I tried to open the research paper I've been working on for the past month, only to discover that the entire file is permanently lost and can't be recovered. This is not the first time this has happened to this paper. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/02/2023 12:00

Today, I went to turn in a coding project a few days early. After months of working on a code and saving backups, everything is gone or corrupted. I have to start from square one and turn it in less than 48 hours from now. FML

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By mlowy - 09/05/2014 05:35 - Azerbaijan - Baku

Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML

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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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By tiredInMD - 12/07/2017 18:39 - United States - Pasadena

Today, after retyping a 22-page report for work because the orginal had gone missing, i realized I had used a different laptop the first time. I now have 2 copies of the same report, both of which are late. FML

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By David3000 - 24/01/2009 07:15 - Australia

Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML

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By dustlander.com - 16/10/2018 07:30 - United States - Provo

Today, I was wrapping up a 30+ hour commission when a software bug caused my main layer to delete itself. There doesn't appear to be any way I can restore it. FML

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By slcbabii23 - 01/10/2009 07:56 - United States

Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML

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By schober60 - 15/09/2017 07:00 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I frantically finished a paper that I needed to complete before midnight about the competencies of my pharmacy school. When it came time to submit, I accidentally selected the file below my paper, which was my personal log of beer reviews and personal favorites. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/08/2023 05:00 - Saudi Arabia

Today, I wrote an entire 400 multiple question paper, only for the internet to reconnect at the end, getting the entire paper getting reset. FML

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By KateHGW - 09/06/2021 00:01

Today, I handed in an internship assignment that I have been working on for months. Once submitted, a pop-up showed, stating the assignment was 100% plagiarized. What was it plagiarized from? A student paper. My own, to be more specific - the exact same paper I had uploaded seconds before. FML

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jimmie505 0

Sunday 25 July 2010 23:33

backup?

akallaan 7

Sunday 25 July 2010 23:36

Get a new computer or make sure you save to the right file?

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FUrLifeDude 0

Monday 26 July 2010 0:36

boring

Katuski 4

Monday 26 July 2010 0:39

your computer is probably crappy (Microsoft). best way to get back at it is to back it up.

Intoxicunt 5

Monday 26 July 2010 1:09

Hey. :D My files just disappear randomly. But my computer had/has an overheating problem, which I think did a bit of damage to the motherboard and corrupted some shit. Programs randomly stop working too. And no, I have no viruses or anything. I like Windows better than any other operating system (Ok, partly because I don't know how to use Linux properly) but it can be a little buggy. Still, not so buggy that it would account for files disappearing.

misty4555 0

Monday 26 July 2010 1:10

you should start saving your work to a flashdrive just in case something like that happens again

maalicious 0

Monday 26 July 2010 1:13

ydi for not being a geek

dkainjr 0

Monday 26 July 2010 1:16

that's why you always back it up

4bbaf9d3caaa8f84 20

Monday 26 July 2010 1:17

If this isn't the first time that your paper file got permanently lost, why didn't you back it up?

suri23 11

Monday 26 July 2010 1:31

Some papers are cursed, you know...

fmlsxmakexmyxday 0

Monday 26 July 2010 1:34

ydi for not backing up your file

sallen0046 4

Monday 26 July 2010 1:50

Disks, cds, usb drive, external hard drive, internet storage... all these options and you chose not to utilize them not once, but twice. Why should anyone feel sorry for you? You're just stupid.