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 ****...
FYLTHOUGH 15
Didn't you tell her you were writing a book?
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desertpunk75 11
That sucks to hear but YDI. Use secure secure login credentials next time. I doubt your mother knows how to do a live cd boot.
connorgrant98 24
OP really should write a follow up. There's so much left ambiguous.
I can't stand leg puns! 23
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.
oyeh 19
I am very sorry OP. You must have put in a lot of time and effort into writing that book and to have all that lose all that despite multiple failsafes must be devastating. I hope you find a way to recover the data and if not, I wish you good luck in writing the book again. You clearly didn't deserve this.
boeglie 16
a bit confused.... everything was put on an external drive by your mom? or she cleared that? "everything downloaded onto a separate hard drive and removed while I was out of the house."
droid1126 25
Take it to a shop NOW. Even if it was deleted, you still may be able to recover it unless another file has been written over it. Just don't put a lot of new stuff on there yet.
Meshidaru_fml 7
Your mother is a *****. I'm very sorry for you, but try taking your USB to a store and/or download some stuff that can find erased file on the computer. Also, don't use your USB until you take it to the store.
daken96 21
that really sucks. seems like it was an act of malice, not her thinking you were watching ****. hopefully you can recover it, and now upload it to the cloud!
Arwen_Evenstar 37
I agree, that took a lot more planning than she'd so if she really thought you were watching ****. a quick look at the file would've shown her you were writing a book! If you try to start over I'd find a good hiding place for the USB, or perhaps entrust a friend to have 2 - you backup and give to him at school, he takes it home and backs up to another and gives one back to keep going back and forth. Not a simple solution but your mum seems pretty determined :(
big_lil_wane 14
Dude, show SOME respect for the woman...
may14th 26
how is she a *****???
WhimsicalMusings 11
I find it borderline terrifying that OP apparently expected this kind of thing - enough to have triple backups, and one around his neck at all times. That doesn't sound like "OMG my baby boy is on the computer all the time - it must be ****!" That sounds deliberate and malicious. I don't suppose that there's any chance she "confiscated" it rather than deleted it..? Sorry OP. I don't suppose that there's another adult that could talk sense into her (since it doesn't sound like she'll listen to you)? I know from experience that there are teachers who, having heard that a parent sabotaged their child's work, would hit the ceiling and help however they can.
lovelockdown23 23
whoa #105 his mom might be mean and disrespectful but don't call someone's mother a *****.
lexa1love 16
What she did was not excusable. But I could see where the label on the USB might have angered her to the point if destroying it.
kirasant 19
Nah, I think #105's comment is fine, but would it make you feel better if we called her a malicious psychopath who deliberately destroys the hard work of her child? I hope OP can manage to recover their hard work, if not, OP learned a very costly lesson: their mom is cruel and untrustworthy. Guard your possessions around this woman, she clearly has zero respect for you as a human being.
Rababco 29
That's horrible. As an amateur writer and artist I would be devastated if my work was erased. It's impressive you were writing a book at sixteen. I hope you can get your work back or at least remember enough to rewrite it. Learn how to download your work to Google Drive; that where I started to download my work in case something happened to the work on computer. Hopefully your mom won't learn the password for that and erase it as well. Your mom sounds like a horrible person.
dutch_girl13 20
That sucks. She knew it was your book though right? I'm working on one right now too so I can imagine how upset you must be.
hambro 9
don't mean to be obvious, but I have a password on 99% of what I own and I think that a PC is definitely something that I'd have a password that only I knew on it
texaskitty86 25
OP said in their replay (at #100) that they don't know how their mom guessed their password. That means they had one they thought only they knew...
sorariku124 15
I'm definitely not saying YDI, but with the amount of cloud storage options, you should be able to have 5 offsite backups, and I think some even have file history to recover lost data.
Arwen_Evenstar 37
Considering the lengths he took based in his reply, he had no logical reason to think that it was necessary. he kept one around his neck that his mum stole to delete it while he was in the shower. That's ridiculous. He shouldn't have had to consider sabotage from his own mum.
MrZsDad 19
That book was a flop anyways. Your next one will be the Top Seller list!
wingman626 10
OP, STOP USING YOUR COMPUTER! you have a chance. deleted files can be recovered so long as you don't do anything that would write new data to the hard drive. take it to your local IT shop and they'll be able to recover your files. good luck
meanwyle 5
System restore?
kaitieloo 22
System restore doesn't recover files, sadly. It only changes computer settings to what they were previously.
at0micmin3r 23
Dropbox, man. USB drives. Google Cloud. There are hundreds of ways you could have backed that sucker up. No sympathy from me. YDI.
texaskitty86 25
Good job reading replies... OP said at #100 they had multiple back ups including 3 USBs and ALL of them were deleted by their mom
I can't stand leg puns! 23
Read my reply dumbass. No sympathy from me, YDI for being an ignorant arsehole
Isandri 29
that's some salty teenager we have here. btw, #119 is still right. you didn't mention having it on dropbox, cloud or w/e