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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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 |
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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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Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
On 10/9/2018 9:32 PM, 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. IMHO the larger problem is that Win 10 updates *CAN* delete files. Also Win 10, by design, forces updates. The level of trust has been greatly compromised. Who really knows what files/folders/etc could be the target of some code "oops", let alone an actual targeted attack? -- == Later... Ron C -- |
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Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
In article , MC
wrote: 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). Quote, "The Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) was made available on October 2nd but hadn’t yet been pushed through Windows’ automatic update system" yet it automatically updated for some people. Also quote, "Microsoft responded on October 4th by pulling the update for further investigation into the bug." Then a quote from Microsoft, "We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigate isolated reports of users missing some files after updating" This says that the update was originaly available for download but the automatic rollout has been put back until the issues have been ironed out. no, it says that they paused the rollout, which occurs in stages, as it does for many companies, including apple and google. the next stage was for today, which obviously did not happen, although a fix has been released to insiders. I have no idea how your machines are set up to get updates but it seems they are scheduled to look for them and pull them from the server rather than wait for MS to push them. I have not got the update because I wait for the push. i also wait for a push. on one of my systems, creators never showed up and fall creators was actually the following spring just before 1803 was released, which was very prompt. |
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Windows 10 update wipes out files and photos
On 10/9/2018 11:25 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , MC wrote: 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). Quote, "The Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) was made available on October 2nd but hadn’t yet been pushed through Windows’ automatic update system" yet it automatically updated for some people. There are optional IDK settings in Windows that allow for this. People who enable those settings are either beta testers or those who don't know what they're doing and shouldn't be surprised at the result. -- best regards, Neil |
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