Merlin.2160p.BDRip.x265.10bitI have a cursed laptop in for repair. Way too slow for its (still dated) specs. I put a text file on the desktop, restarted it, and it’s gone. The thing is haunted.
Sven@ruhrscholz wonky disk and it keeps throwing you in temporary profiles because the real one is broken? It "should" show a popup about that though, but that's where I've seen behavior like that before.
@HeNeArXn this was my first assumption as well, but it kept happening with files outside of the home dir too. Next idea is NTFS damage in general. Or windows fucked up and boots to a restore point every time.
The newest file I could find on the whole machine is from about 3 weeks ago.
The newest file I could find on the whole machine is from about 3 weeks ago.
@ruhrscholz oof. haunted indeed 🙈
@HeNeArXn even the event manager stopped logging after 2023/02/03. I’m torn between just reimaging the machine or finding the underlying error.
@ruhrscholz Even if you find the error I'd just reimage the entire thing instead trusting attempts to fix it. Pull a backup, mess with it until you get bored, then wipe I'd say.
@HeNeArXn I’d reimage it anyways, but I really want to know what exactly happened to it. Also there are no real backup as it’s a friends laptop.
I just wanted to pull a fresh backup. Even more fun since I don’t have anything to work with right now, not even a thumb drive. The machine restarts every few minutes. Might have to wait until I get home.
That answers most questions. That’s the first time one of the 25€ SSDs has died on me.
It also explains the strange behavior, as dying flash chips often go into a read-only state to allow data recovery. But I'm honestly surprised that hasn't been noticed in the last weeks.
badagent@ruhrscholz Maybe there was an accident where it lost its short term memory and now it has to relive the same day all over again.