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Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 22 Nov 2013, 23:36
by 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.
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 00:54
by ShadowRunner
That sucks a lot, thanks for the warning.
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 01:00
by 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).
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 02:25
by [FGS]Chees
Cheers Poor. Hope you can get your files back mate.
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 23 Nov 2013, 14:50
by chin.democ.
[FGS]Chees wrote:Cheers Poor. Hope you can get your files back mate.
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 03:06
by Poor
I was able to recover most of my files. Didn't lose anything important. Sure took a long time though.
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 24 Nov 2013, 22:56
by Alvind
I'm a victim of this also but caught on before the whole desktop was wiped out lol
Re: Warning: Deus Ex Extractor and Decompiler (DEED)
Posted: 25 Nov 2013, 02:31
by Mastakilla
DejaVu wrote: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
