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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Comments (189)
Waschlappen 23
That sucks! I upgraded today as well. It didn't ask me if I wanted to keep my old files, but it kept them all anyways, in the same places, weird.
dirty_dan_ 15
I would go insane if I lost all of my files
MidnaLink 35
Depending on your original OS you may have had to do a clean install. If you were on XP, that would be the case. Vista and 7 are able to install the OS over top them, so you shouldn't have lost everything. IGN actually had an article with steps on how to prepare for Win10.
2cute2die 1
Ther is a recovery option to go back to the old OS. With a bit luck you can get your lost files back. Is there a windows.old folder in C:/ ?
Rhewn 17
Might want to switch to Mac... No, just kidding.
missambitious 21
Really? It saved all of mine. Maybe try a full system restore to before you updated windows os and then back up your files before reinstalling Windows 10. Good luck!
moneylessrc 15
As a computer repair tech, I've had a few come in blue screening with all the data gone. Not too uncommon, actually. Usually, it seems to be a computer that the manufacture (such as Dell) suggests not upgrading to 10, due to "driver problems," aka this computer sucks too much for 10.
IndridWarm 23
FYL for losing your files when Windows said you wouldn't... YDI for not backing up your files before installing anything...
opps3552 9
You back the folders yourself windows don't do it for you
psychomantra 4
That's why you make a backup before you do something like that. The upgrade even tells you to do that...