The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/TheWunBeautiful on 2025-01-01 02:27:51.

I tried keeping track of my journaling and the video scripts I’d been typing out in Obsidian for about a year. I used a USB as a temporary solution, and just went “well, I’ll save up for a better way to back up my back up”, especially because I do not like using clouds or any sort of syncing service whatsoever.

My error was when I used my USB to reinstall Windows 11 on my PC. It was the only USB I had around, and unbeknownst to me, Windows doesn’t just clear out the data on your PC… It clears out the data on the USB you’d be using. A year’s worth of journaling and writing, down the drain over such a goofy mistake.

Dear goodness, I’m in pain.