Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

Post by jamesfinlayson » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC

mysterydip wrote: post #60

jamesfinlayson wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, I remember a couple of years ago Google Drive started flagging 1 byte files as pirated content - shortly after I bought a 6TB hard-drive and two 5TB portable hard-drives. My progress in getting everything off Google Drive and OneDrive has slowed due to real life but all the important stuff is backed up offline now.

1 byte files? I guess there’s only 256 options, someone probably copyrighted them :)

Post by alexsmirnov » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 2:26 AM UTC

BeetleB wrote: post #8

This is why I always ensure I have a big enough HD. I've used my current cloud backup for almost 15 years, and am really happy with it. But I never rely on them exclusively. If they go out of business tomorrow, I still have all the data locally! And of course, if my HD crashes, I sync back all the really important stuff. (OK, I would lose prior revisions of a file - I can live with that).

Post by Incipient » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC

jamesfinlayson wrote: post #39

BeetleB wrote: post #8

This is why I always ensure I have a big enough HD. I've used my current cloud backup for almost 15 years, and am really happy with it. But I never rely on them exclusively. If they go out of business tomorrow, I still have all the data locally! And of course, if my HD crashes, I sync back all the really important stuff. (OK, I would lose prior revisions of a file - I can live with that).

Yep, I remember a couple of years ago Google Drive started flagging 1 byte files as pirated content - shortly after I bought a 6TB hard-drive and two 5TB portable hard-drives. My progress in getting everything off Google Drive and OneDrive has slowed due to real life but all the important stuff is backed up offline now.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:15 AM UTC

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #37

thin_carapace wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

microsoft "permanently suspended (his) account ... (to) ensure (his) data remains protected". but microsoft cannot give him his data. therefore microsoft stole his personal property and are protecting it for their own use. this is legal because he agreed to it. everybody has to use windows, and microsoft account creation is now forced by windows - therefore I call this slavery coercion

>everybody has to use windows I don't. What makes me so special!?

Post by OJFord » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 6:07 AM UTC

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #35

OJFord wrote: post #30

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That's a compelling argument (or for how it should be but I bet it isn't) for local play I suppose, but surely the volume's in online multiplayer, where physical media really doesn't save you because you're reliant on server etc. anyway. (And arguably why not download the game assets or whatever if you're going to necessarily play connected anyway.)

Pretty sure they were referring to the more than 500 movies that PlayStation deleted after people had purchased them.