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Neil[_9_] October 9th 18 01:50 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
On 10/8/2018 5:20 PM, RichA wrote:
https://petapixel.com/2018/10/08/win...-photos-files/

Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer with
critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the update has not
been distributed, so it's a non-issue.

--
best regards,

Neil

nospam October 9th 18 04:18 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
In article , Neil
wrote:


https://petapixel.com/2018/10/08/win...-users-report-
deleted-photos-files/

Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer with
critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the update has not
been distributed, so it's a non-issue.


wrong. 1809 was released last week to the public then later pulled on
friday after people lost data. it was *not* an insider build.

nospam October 9th 18 05:13 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
In article , MC
wrote:

https://petapixel.com/2018/10/08/win...-users-report-
deleted-photos-files/

Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer
with critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the
update has not been distributed, so it's a non-issue.


wrong. 1809 was released last week to the public then later pulled on
friday after people lost data. it was not an insider build.


It was not "distributed". It was available for "optional" download
only.


wrong. it was distributed both as a manual download *and* an automatic
update.

David Taylor October 9th 18 06:48 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
On 09/10/2018 13:50, Neil wrote:
On 10/8/2018 5:20 PM, RichA wrote:
https://petapixel.com/2018/10/08/win...-photos-files/


Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer with
critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the update has not
been distributed, so it's a non-issue.


Actually, there was no problem with the Insider version, but, like you
suggest, I would not use a beta for "production". A few early
downloaders did see the issue, so I hope they had good backups.

--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

nospam October 9th 18 06:55 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
In article , David Taylor
wrote:


Actually, there was no problem with the Insider version, but, like you
suggest, I would not use a beta for "production".


actually, there was. the bug had been reported and ignored.

https://twitter.com/WithinRafael/status/1048473218917363713
Sampling of Feedback Hub reports of data deletion from as early as 3
months ago

A few early
downloaders did see the issue, so I hope they had good backups.


anyone who doesn't have backups has only themselves to blame for any
data loss.

Carlos E.R. October 9th 18 07:35 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
On 09/10/2018 18.00, MC wrote:
nospam wrote:

In article , Neil
wrote:



https://petapixel.com/2018/10/08/win...-users-report-
deleted-photos-files/

Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer
with critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the
update has not been distributed, so it's a non-issue.


wrong. 1809 was released last week to the public then later pulled on
friday after people lost data. it was not an insider build.


It was not "distributed". It was available for "optional" download
only.


I got it automatically on a laptop of mine.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

nospam October 9th 18 07:41 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:


Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer
with critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the
update has not been distributed, so it's a non-issue.

wrong. 1809 was released last week to the public then later pulled on
friday after people lost data. it was not an insider build.


It was not "distributed". It was available for "optional" download
only.


I got it automatically on a laptop of mine.


yep. same here (although not a laptop).

Eric Stevens October 9th 18 11:53 PM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 08:50:42 -0400, Neil
wrote:

On 10/8/2018 5:20 PM, RichA wrote:
https://petapixel.com/2018/10/08/win...-photos-files/

Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer with
critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the update has not
been distributed, so it's a non-issue.


It ay or may not have been distributed but its been available for
public download.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

PeterN[_7_] October 10th 18 02:32 AM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
On 10/9/2018 2:41 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:


Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer
with critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the
update has not been distributed, so it's a non-issue.

wrong. 1809 was released last week to the public then later pulled on
friday after people lost data. it was not an insider build.

It was not "distributed". It was available for "optional" download
only.


I got it automatically on a laptop of mine.


yep. same here (although not a laptop).


I did not get the update on my Win10 machine. Possible that had
something to do with the fact that I have automatic updates turned off.

--
PeterN

Bill W October 10th 18 02:57 AM

Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
 
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 21:32:20 -0400, PeterN
wrote:

On 10/9/2018 2:41 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:


Whether or not this is an issue depends on what users do with their
computers. If they're playing around with beta releases, as in the
Insider Development program, it's not a good idea to use a computer
with critical files on it. As for the rest who use Win10, the
update has not been distributed, so it's a non-issue.

wrong. 1809 was released last week to the public then later pulled on
friday after people lost data. it was not an insider build.

It was not "distributed". It was available for "optional" download
only.

I got it automatically on a laptop of mine.


yep. same here (although not a laptop).


I did not get the update on my Win10 machine. Possible that had
something to do with the fact that I have automatic updates turned off.


I have 3 Win 10 machines, and they all avoided this. Of course, one of
my PC's hasn't updated versions for the last 18 months because of some
weird issue, so there was no risk with that one....

And it really looks like it's just a few unlucky people who lost files
anyway.


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