Same happened to me AGAIN for the second time this week. Windows 10 and Microsoft are an absolute disaster. Definitely my last Windows machine. Going Linus from now on.
Automated Windows 10 updates deleted all my documents and files
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Anonymous
I am in a state of shock. I was already using windows 10 and last night automated updates started without allowing me to stop them. This morning my computer is cleaned out with all thosevery important document deleted!!! Microsoft can do that??? How can I recover them ALL?????
John
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Anonymous
2019-05-10T02:51:30+00:00 This happened to me this afternoon. I was on it early this morning and it was fine. I rebooted my computer this evening and then everything was gone and a completely different view of desktop with none of my icons or file .
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Anonymous
2019-05-05T15:36:44+00:00 I am so ******* sick of these forced updated on Windows 10. Last night I received that an update was ready to be installed. I clicked to postpone installation of the update and put my PC into hibernation. I woke up today to see that my PC was restarted and update installed. I HAVE LOST ALL MY DOCUMENTS AND HISTORY AND THE OPTIONS TO SYNC ACCOUNT ETC ARE NOT WORKING. I have urgent work to do on my laptop and do not have time to spend trying to recover my documents.
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Anonymous
2019-03-28T22:02:00+00:00 How can you do any of your "helpful" suggestions when your computer boots up with a black screen and a recycle bin icon and all of the control buttons are unresponsive?
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Anonymous
2019-03-28T21:58:45+00:00 I totally agree. Just started a 2 week vacation now have no means of saving movies & photos from my go pro. Microsoft must have idiots doing their coding now and probably will never fess up to their mistake or make amends...