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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ApparentlyNotEno 28
Windows 10 is spyware masquerading as an operating system - stick with Windows 7. Do a quick search for "windows 10 privacy issues" and you'll find a host of troubling bits. I hope your data is recoverable. Good luck!
Shade1982 21
That is the same crap argument people use against Facebook, just because you don't know how to use simple settings doesn't mean the OS is bad. You know there are very easy setting to disable the tracking? Also, just use a local account.
TyroneLeBron 24
What do we say to updates? "Not today"
imerichello 18
I think the FML should read, Today I got windows 10, FML
gobiteme2 34
Why do people rush out and buy the newest and latest crap called windows. That’s like buying a new car and driving it into a tree or center divider. They have your money and now you are their Beta tester. Win-Win for Micro Crap, lose-lose for consumers. I’m sorry you lost info but you did it to yourself by not backing up files.
sbrideau 14
Win 10 is free if you have 7 or 8.1. It's not crap, it does everything, something your mac can't say it does. (gaming for example).
randomcritic 14
Uh... Windows 10 will not run all types of games, older releases mainly. I use dos boxer and play older freeware/shareware games because I enjoy solving puzzles on my Mac and indie releases that have Mac/pc compatibility. I hate it when people claim that there are no games to play on a Mac, there are also newer games to be found. I have a Mac and a pc for different purposes, the Mac will not run ms access, that's the only program I lack.
johncage 14
I know exactly what you mean. I play obscure QBASIC games from 1993 in a VM running Windows 3.1. I hate it when people say games are only made for their latest and greatest OS. There are two, maybe three games that I can run on my setup! I can even run Zork!
Lalala579121 28
81 - It won't but it will run emulators for the really old systems. Also gog releases older games but fixed to work on newer systems.
sbrideau 14
Never upgrade without backup and that goes with any OS.
maxxwell9 9
Should of used their drive that's what I did didn't lose anything. YDI
jbuckets_404 39
Backing up your files weekly - if not daily for critical files e.g., at least email o yourself or Google Drive/ MS SkyDrive - much less before an OS upgrade is always prudent. Also create a partition image monthly :-)
Fustercluck 14
I don't know man, my windows 10 upgrade went pretty smooth
nolatitude 1
that's why you always back-up
Kougeru 12
YDI for both not having a backup, and also for probably lying. There's been no proven cases of this happening in millions of upgrades.