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TIFU by deleting every single file on my computer

I recently started using the online version of Microsoft 365 to write up documents for work. I used to have the student plan so I could have word and excel and all of that on my computer but I’m no longer a student and didn’t want to keep paying for it.

One drive was telling me my storage was getting full so I went to see what was taking up so much space because I don’t really use one drive and there shouldn’t be that much on there. Turns out 80% of the drive was taken up by what looked like an old backup copy of my personal documents. It was dated from 2017, so clearly not recent, and I keep all my personal documents stored on my hard drive so I had no problem simply deleting it from the cloud and then using that for my work documents instead. I deleted the file, cleared my recycling, and went about my day.

About three days later (today), I realized the absolutely massive and irreparable fuck up I had created. Apparently, when one drive syncs with your device, which on my computer is automatic and I didn’t even realize was being done, it takes over your entire hard drive and syncs every single file you save so if it’s deleted in one location, it’s deleted in both locations. When I deleted that folder from one drive it connected to my hard drive and deleted every single thing I had saved on my computer. Documents, photos, game files. Everything.

I’m absolutely devastated. I had over a decade of important documents and photos saved and hundreds of hours in gameplay that within the span of 5 seconds Microsoft permanently deleted across all my devices. Obviously it’s my fault, I should’ve know better. It seemed like common sense to me that the files I had saved on my hard drive wouldn’t be affected by me deleting a what I thought was an old backup on a cloud service I don’t even use. I’ve lost photos with people that have now passed, books that I wrote in high school, tax documents, legal contracts, travel information, it’s all gone. I hate myself right now. I can never get any of it back and I only have myself to blame.

TL;DR - TIFU by deleting a folder on one drive that was dated from 2017 and appeared to be an old backup. It deleted every single file I had saved on my computers hard drive and I’ve lost over a decade of important information and treasured memories that I can never recover.

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