Posted Oct 5th, 2018
Many users are reporting massive data loss following the October 2018 Windows 10 update. Personal files are being deleted and hard drives are being corrupted in addition to several performance glitches. Users who have received the update are reporting all of their personal files such as documents, music, pictures, and videos being deleted following the update.
Some people have lost hundreds of gigabytes of data. These files are completely disappearing following the update – they do not wind up in the recycle bin, they are completely gone. Other users are reporting their entire hard drives or SSDs becoming corrupted, making rollback and recovery of said deleted files impossible.
In addition to the file deletion, devices with 6th generation Intel processors and newer are reporting awful battery life and CPU usage following the update.
Long story short, hold off on the October 2018 update for now. There are too many glitches and way too much to lose. If you attempt it,
BACK UP ALL OF YOUR FILES FIRST.
More information:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464619/windows-10-update-history
“We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigate isolated reports of users missing some files after updating.”
Before you guy’s freak yourselves out more.
For those who don’t have a backup, I highly suggest starting with mediafire.com. They start you out with 10GB/year for a free account and 4$/month to upgrade to 1TB with a pretty solid mobile app as a bonus. USB sticks are also a good way to go. SanDisk has never let me down. Use anything you can get your hands on because your data is precious.
Update:
Microsoft pulls Windows 10 October 2018 Update after reports of documents being deleted
@messedupessy There’s an update ❤