Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)

[Poor]

I planned on extracting some models with this program. I ran the GUI and when asked where I want to extract the files to I chose the Desktop. Without warning, it deleted over 100 GB worth of personal files, all my movies, shows, music, and ebooks. I now get to spend my weekend attempting to recover my files.

Also happened to some guy on OTP.

That Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler is a *loving* menace. Just now I wanted to extract some textures and I chose the target folder as the root of my Deus Ex installation, without realising that it erases the folder you extract into first. Not only would I have lost the replaceable Deus Ex files themselves, but all my textures, meshes, sounds and classes i.e. several weeks of work (and if I hadn't only started modding DX recently, potentially months' or years' worth). I would have put my fist through the monitor if 'twere not for the judicious use of a file recovery application, which seems to have brought the most important stuff back from the brink.

Whilst this has impressed upon me the importance of backing up; what is the point of it, and why doesn't it warn you first?!

The program does work but not intuitively. When providing a destination for extraction, make sure it is an empty directory. I pass this warning on in hopes this doesn't happen again.

[ShadowRunner]

That sucks a lot, thanks for the warning.

[DejaVu]

In my opinion, if you don't have backup of every important file, you shouldn't be using your PC at all. What would happen if your HD died? There is always a risk for that, so keep your files backed up at all times (having redundancy 2x or more).

[[FGS]Chees]

Cheers Poor. Hope you can get your files back mate.

[chin.democ.]

Cheers Poor. Hope you can get your files back mate.

[Poor]

I was able to recover most of my files. Didn't lose anything important. Sure took a long time though.

[Alvind]

I'm a victim of this also but caught on before the whole desktop was wiped out lol

[Mastakilla]

In my opinion, if you don't have backup of every important file, you shouldn't be using your PC at all. What would happen if your HD died? There is always a risk for that, so keep your files backed up at all times (having redundancy 2x or more).

lol I hate that saying, although I agree that you can't complain about lost data if you don't do back ups, what if you simply don't care about your data