The mystery of the disappearing Google Drive files
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The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished

UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath’s support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.

        • NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social
          221·
          8 months ago

          I was formatting and resizing usb drives for work. I had already started drinking and was only half pay attention to what I was doing since I wanted to go back to hanging out with my friends. I really needed them for work the next morning and I failed to realize I left the drive plugged in with my other USB’s and formatted them all during my conversation/drinking session. It was only in the morning did I realize what I did.

          • Vqhm@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            8 months ago

            If you just did a format and didn’t overwrite the whole disk you could use DMDE, ddrescue, photorec, or testdisk to restore the files.

            Or even something nonfree like recuva.

            But this is why you’re supposed to do backups in 3s!

            • Kiernian@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              8 months ago

              HRM. I may have to try this on an old disk that got accidentally formatted years ago that I haven’t touched since.

              Thanks.

        • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
          10·
          8 months ago

          Well you know, it’s 2 AM, you’ve had a couple beers, and you say to yourself “you know what would be a GREAT idea, if I split these two RAID arrays and rearrange the disks so that the ones with pristine SMART are more evenly distributed!”

    • MonkderZweite@feddit.chEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Never flash disks/pendrives on evening or if you want things quickly done. Always unplug everything else first. Or else Murphys law.