"Trashed everything"

Listen you genius, if the porn was obvious, she would have straightforwardly deleted it!

I don't mean to hijack but there are programs out there that will undelete data. When it is first deleted, the data doesn't actually vanish, the computer just says that that space is now available to write over. Either find one of these programs ASAP or take it to a professional to do it for you! Try not to mess with it any more than you have to as well or the old data will be saved over and corrupted. Good luck OP!

11 - The way this FML is phrased it doesn't sound like there is very much left to recover.

As I understand it, deleting something doesn't clear the data immediately, it just allows the space to be overwritten. So as long as Op doesn't reuse the space it may be able to be recovered. Edit: just realized 11 said the same thing

I think 25 meant that it sounds more like OP's mum either broke or threw away the harddrives rather than deleting the files. It's a bit ambiguous. I think she probably did just delete them but I know I personally wouldn't use the word 'trashed' to mean deleted.

If the computer was non-functional due to no hard drive or being smashed up, I feel he wouldn't have said "mysteriously vanished". Also you're meant to have a backup not inside the computer, a flash drive for example.

For 2 and a half years! Damn I want his stamina!

Erotica sells well nowadays

That doesn't sound very lighthearted, 53.

My thoughts exactly. There's so many people and stores that can help recover deleted or lost files, I'm sure you can get it back thanks to the right person, OP. Don't give up! Look around!

yeah normally nothing is trashed or wiped to the point of no recovery unless it's someone who is talented or knowledgeable about computers

OP needs to take it quickly. If that section of the hard drive gets other files written to it, it can corrupt the files beyond recovery.

Right? Anything over 18 and time to move out.

Not everyone can move out at 18, I work and go to school but I can't afford a apt.

But if they are over 18 mom has no right to be going through or deleting any of their things, porn or not.

Haha are you a mom? I think all moms will always do that no matter how old their kids are. Mine did it to me. I wont be doing it to my son though.

If you are still living under your parents roof then they still have a say so. Don't like it move. That's just my opinion.

#69. A few years ago my mom through away my nose hair trimmer, calling it a dildo. I was 35. She was at my house, using the bathroom. So, good for you if you don't do that to your kids.

Trashed. Everything.

How are you gonna throw away a cloud?

Sounds like he was actually watching porn on your computer.

#32: As someone who writes as well, I can tell you it takes a damned long time to write a book. Look at Game of Thrones for example.

the length of time it takes to write a book has no implication to How good of a book it is. I'm sure there are books that took years to write and were complete shit. also, why can't people understand that backing up files I. the same computer that the original is on its retarded.... If something happens to the computer, it's just like having no backup at all