This week, Microsoft started pushing it’s latest update, (1809) to end users that manually check for updates. This update has now been put on hold after reports that the update is causing the O/S to delete documents and in some cases pictures and even whole folders. Microsoft has issued a statement asking users not to install the update if they already downloaded it.
The reasons for the data loss are not known just yet. Microsoft has started an investigation to find the cause and develop a fix. This will be a bit late for people that already had their files destroyed. Hopefully most of these users will have a backup of their files.
This will be too late for anyone that’s suffered data loss; although file recovery/undelete tools might be able to salvage the deleted files, the only reliable way of recovering them is to restore from a backup.
Just one more reason RenoGeek has always promoted a regular backup plan for all computer users.