WARNING - Win 10 and updates deleting files ....

[Stephen Byers]

WARNING ...

For those who believe that their personal files will never be deleted read again. Even back ups to hard drives are not safe.

Latest Win 10 Update Deletes Personal Data Files

WARNING ...

www.howtogeek.com/fyi/bug-in-windows-10s-latest-update-might-be-deleting-files-back-up-your-data-now/

www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/9l128k/warning_1809_upgrade_misplaceddeleted_files_in/

www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/9l2v3z/windows_1809_update_wiped_my_documents/

Good luck everyone - SB

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And - its been going on since 2015 ...

www.google.co.uk/search?q=windows+10+deleting+files&rlz=1C1CHBD_en-GBGB768GB768&oq=windows+10+deleting+files&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60j69i61j69i60j0l2.13394j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start-winpc/windows-10-randomly-deletes-desktop-files/26420379-293c-4829-bcfc-e5b01f99381d

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start/windows-10-deleted-my-desktop-files/c667b0b5-4e6c-4189-b136-746b84009d0b

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[Stephen Byers]

answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start-winpc/windows-10-randomly-deletes-desktop-files/26420379-293c-4829-bcfc-e5b01f99381d

CloudLion_ca Replied on June 15, 2017

The deleted files were not limited to the "Desktop"... in three cases the contents of entire external drives were wiped.

Random files are being deleted from all the external usb connected storage devices conected to a Windows 10 home media server. I'm starting to think the internal local drives are also being effected. Clearly if it's a "Desktop" file issue... then it's an issue effecting local drives also.

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[garygraham]

Terrifying. Any backup that's connected constantly and writable isn't safe in my opinion. This is why I still use optical discs. Top quality BD-R discs cost 35p and hold 25Gb.