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douglas9

(4,474 posts)
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 06:54 AM Oct 2018

Here's how to check if you lost any data after the October 2018 Update and what to do next

Following a number of quality control issues with the October 2018 Update for Windows 10, Microsoft finally paused its rollout. Most severe among them was the loss of data for some users, and this was also Microsoft's officially stated reason for halting its rollout.

If you have files in your Docs folder still, none were deleted.

— Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) October 6, 2018
A new series of tweets by Windows Insider Program head Dona Sarkar shed some light on what users should now do. Firstly, in order to check if you've lost any data as a result of the update, you can simply head over to the Documents folder on your PC. If you still have files there, you weren't one of the unfortunate few to have been affected. If there are none, then, sorry bud, you've been jinxed.

#WindowsInsiders If you've run into the "missing files after update" issue for 1809/October 2018 Fall update, please call our support line. They have the tools to get you back to a good state. This build is no longer available to download manually: https://t.co/Ce9WVILknp pic.twitter.com/fvisQi1c8g

— Dona Sarkar (@donasarkar) October 6, 2018


https://www.neowin.net/news/heres-how-to-check-if-you-lost-any-data-after-the-october-2018-update-and-what-to-do-next




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Here's how to check if you lost any data after the October 2018 Update and what to do next (Original Post) douglas9 Oct 2018 OP
Damn, Windows sucks, doesn't it? PJMcK Oct 2018 #1
Unfortunately, that flows in the other direction, too. ManiacJoe Oct 2018 #2

PJMcK

(22,890 posts)
1. Damn, Windows sucks, doesn't it?
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 07:44 AM
Oct 2018

I've used Macs since the mid-1980s and never had the operating systems issues so many of my PC friends have.

Oh, well.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
2. Unfortunately, that flows in the other direction, too.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 01:13 AM
Oct 2018

I have never had any windows upgrade problems, while friends have cursed the Mac OS upgrades.

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