WTF Stories of the Week

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I just had this call. In preparation for a computer replacement later this afternoon, this user attempted to copy the contents of her My Documents folder to a USB drive. What she actually did was make shortcuts to all of her files instead of actually copying them. Unfortunately, she didn't become aware of this until after she deleted all of her My Documents on her hard drive and emptied the Recycle Bin.

What the fück were you thinking lady? Why would you delete the source files in the first place, let alone before you verified they copied okay?!?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I just had this call. In preparation for a computer replacement later this afternoon, this user attempted to copy the contents of her My Documents folder to a USB drive. What she actually did was make shortcuts to all of her files instead of actually copying them. Unfortunately, she didn't become aware of this until after she deleted all of her My Documents on her hard drive and emptied the Recycle Bin.

What the fück were you thinking lady? Why would you delete the source files in the first place, let alone before you verified they copied okay?!?

As a tech why would you trust a user to backup their own files? I always make that my job when doing a computer replacement.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

As a tech why would you trust a user to backup their own files?

I wouldn't trust a luser to turn the damn computer on, they're all so frelling incompetent. But I suspect the policy is due to timing/budget. We just don't have the staffing to sit at the workstation while gigabytes worth of useless crap gets copied.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

As a tech why would you trust a user to backup their own files? I always make that my job when doing a computer replacement.

And why are users storing documents locally anyway? If these were business files they should have been stored on the servers and backed up.
What happens in the case of a drive failure, virus, deliberate deletion? It sounds like you are running quite a bit of risk.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

And why are users storing documents locally anyway?

I can answer that in two words: Politics & Budget
I won't bore you with the specifics. I agree with everything you're saying, but I'm through banging my head against a wall on it with TPTB here.