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Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why (www.techspot.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When Windows users suddenly discover that their files have vanished from their desktops after interacting with OneDrive, the issue often stems from how Microsoft's cloud service integrates with the operating system. The automatic, near-invisible shift to cloud-based storage has triggered strong reactions from users who find the feature unintuitive and, in some cases, destructive to their local files.

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[–] 21 points 9 months ago (26 children)

dropbox and google drive have both erased data from me without copying it properly. these are not "backup" services they destroy your data

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Dropbox has a policy about two years ago that all of your data will be shared with AI, no opt-outs.

    I immediately cancelled my plan and dropped to the free service, which I use to backup photos of my poop.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    Ugh. Well they got all my shit already so no point changing now. I use my friends dropbox and hes a photographer and videographer for a living. Ironic that the very service hes paying for is going to scrape his data and replace him.

    Most people ive ran into have no idea how to even access a file if its not in a Google drive or dropbox so good luck getting them to understand anything else. My friends complain non stop that I dont use corporate services for every single thing like they do 🙄

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  • [–] -4 points 9 months ago (21 children)

    Been using both for decades never had one file go missing that I have ever not deleted myself, or set to remove after backup. 

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (18 children)

    I haven't died yet, if we are sharing random arbitrary personal experiences. I expect to in the future.

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  • [+] -11 points 9 months ago (17 children)

    Well considering that I've been in the IT industry for over 20 years at this point. And as long as you have things set up properly and you know how things work then this really isn't an issue. It's not just my personal experience is also the experience of any of my clients it's experience of any of the places that I've ever worked at it's the experience of any of the thousands of people that I've interacted with and probably tens of thousands of people have interacted with over the past 20 years.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    Been doing IT for nearly 30 years here.

    Computers shit their pants whenever they feel like it.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I have been doing IT since 1867 and I’ve never run into an issue.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I’ve been in the IT business for 26 years and I’ve seen software screw up, even when configured correct. OneDrive have lost many files for people to the point that Microsoft more or less apologised for it in 2015.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    OneDrive is shit though.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Oh I fully agree out of all of these options one drive is definitely the worst of them. And I've seen many many files lost through one drive because it's really difficult to configure it correctly and most the time it's fucked up because Microsoft continually changes what you can and can't do with it and how it updates and how it doesn't update and now with the latest change and the forcing of users to utilize it it's becoming even worse.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Maybe, I just don't like "And as long as you have things set up properly and you know how things work then this really isn’t an issue" - you can set things up correctly and then it still screws up. Everything works perfectly until it doesn't.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I hold the middle ground. When set up properly, the services do tend to work just fine when left alone. Consumers often have automatic updates enabled, that is where shit hits the fan sometimes. I have had the issue of files disappearing. Fortunately, they reappeared some time after. Not sure what Microsoft was doing -- we will never know.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (6 children)

    You don't have backups for your files on Google drive?

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  • [–] -2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Of course I do. But it's also my backup for files. You always have at least 2 if not 3. 

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Okay, because you're responding to a person saying they've lost files, on an article thread about people losing files. You seem to have all the tools to understand what's being discussed and yet you're still being obtuse about it.

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  • [–] -3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    No I'm calling their bullshit. 

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    "All these people saying they know people who've died in car accidents are talking bullshit. I drive every day, and I've not died."

    Dickhead.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Oh you really got me good!

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    People refuse to accept the concept that sometimes people say things that are untrue, and if enough people make the same claim it becomes 'True' even if its 'False'

    I'm with you, Thousands of GB's of Files across literally hundreds of machines both personally and for machines I'm responsible for. Literally never seen it doing whats being claimed here.

    I'm not saying its not possible, I just believe that people are more stupid than truthful. Remember almost everyone who loses access to their Social media will say their 'It was hacked' when actually what they mean is "I'm a fucking moron and I gave my credentials away"

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