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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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, 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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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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copydude 7
I have installed Windows 10 on 4 computers thus far, three had 7 and one had 8.1 and have had no issues updating nor have I lost any files. It is a great system, much cleaner and faster than it's predecessors.
EmDizzle2007 28
how strange, none of my personal files were deleted.... but i backed everything up just in case..
Paladeus 9
First rule of computers: Back up everything you care about in a safe place.
fryebaby623 14
Backup, backup always backup. Plus type in windows.old, windows usually does a backup.
huehuebrbr 5
Biggest rule of computers is always have backups. The 2nd biggest rule is NEVER install windows 10 unless you want Microsoft saving literally every single thing you type including passwords and such. It's called telemetry. Windows 7 and 8 have this too, but the feature is in the form of updates that can be uninstalled easily. Windows 10 was built around telemetry, so you're stuck with it on 10. Oh I should also mention that Microsoft can also see you search for files on your own computer and have future plans to deliver DMCA notices to people who type the name of a movie that was illegally downloaded. If that's not invasion of privacy I don't know what is.
papa_raatsi 9
It's best to back up everything important on your PC in case this happens. Windows 10 sucks.