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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    8 hours ago

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

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        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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          Been doing IT for nearly 30 years here.

          Computers shit their pants whenever they feel like it.

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          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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              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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            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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              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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                  “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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      You’re the kind of person that says gems like “Computers don’t make mistakes, sir”, Arent you?