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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML
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
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, due to some highly corrupted data that I had nothing to do with and no control over, around 5 years of pixel art I'd made, and spent most of my free time working on, has been permanently deleted, and there is no way to recover it. FML
Today, my house was broken into and my computer was stolen. Fortunately, I have cloud backups of all my work; unfortunately, hardware prices have gone through the roof and I won't be able to replace that computer soon. FML
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
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, 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
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
Today, it's been a few weeks since I last played Skyrim and I had done a lot when I last played it, but when I logged in again, nothing was saved. I definitely saved but yeah no, so 2-3 hours of play is GONE. And I have very bad memory, so I have no clue what I did. FML
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RichardPencil 32
I imagine someone in Ukraine under the Russian attack reading your story and saying, "Whoa! I thought I had it bad!"
Radulf 10
That's what backups are for. If the data is important for you, back it up, if it is really important for you, use alternate devices for redundant backups Otherwise, yes, losing game data is a first-world problem.
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RichardPencil 32
I imagine someone in Ukraine under the Russian attack reading your story and saying, "Whoa! I thought I had it bad!"
J_Free_Woods 29
First world issues. It may suck, and as long as you have a roof over your head, clothes on your back, food in your belly, clean water and a SAFE place to stay, you still have more than most people. Before starting over make sure your files are actually corrupted. Double check it’s not an OS issue.
poopface82 25
Sucks, but if it’s just game data, at least you get to rebuild it the right way this time.
Radulf 10
That's what backups are for. If the data is important for you, back it up, if it is really important for you, use alternate devices for redundant backups Otherwise, yes, losing game data is a first-world problem.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
This is why backups are important. I have everything backed up on two computers and an external hard drive. But honestly, you lost progress/saves on games? And you think your life is ruined? Reality is going to bite you hard in the butt.