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My computer randomly reset and wiped everything (files, apps, settings, etc.). Is there any way to recover lost files?

Anonymous
2024-02-18T19:40:55+00:00

I was using my computer (was on Windows 10), when it all of a sudden did a complete reset. This reset wiped everything - documents, apps, settings, etc. - so it is basically a brand new computer. Also during the reset it appears to have updated to Windows 11. Is there any way to restore my documents? I'm not as concerned about the apps and settings, but I lost a lot of documents for school.

I have tried the Recovery Panel and I did not have a backup on OneDrive. Any help would be greatly appreciated - thank you!

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T18:35:54+00:00

    I have the same problem. Looks like is going back everything after 4 restarts. But this is just ridicolous, stupid and **** up **** from windows and its IT department.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-08T19:01:27+00:00

    This is ridiculous. I just came down to my computer and everything was wiped out. I had to go into the sea drive look under users to find my information. Why is this happening?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-18T21:39:17+00:00

    Hi Jerico,

    Thank you for your quick response. I tried to restart the computer four times and unfortunately I still cannot find the documents. Only a small amount of storage is being used (475 GB) as all of the documents and apps were erased.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-08-07T07:22:41+00:00

    The same just happened to me, i restarted 4 times and the 4th time i let in log into windows, and it was restored, i read up posts, windows created a temporary profile, (everytime i would restart - the windows ask't me do you want to restart while a profile was active) it had to log oit of all profiles before restore

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-13T12:00:30+00:00

    Hey I'm running into the same problem but all the files and apps were steal there but it was acting like a new computer, it's steal in the same user but not at the same time, I tryed copying all the files over but it would not log me into stuff like steam and unity, it fixed itself but I don't know how

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