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I was quite happy with my mod archive I maintained. Every mod since I started modding was in there. My First Mods being one to make Preston spammy, a weight increase, and a preset I had no idea how to get to work :P
It was over 900 gigs - some 2000 mods.
When I was installing some mods I accidentally dropped my archive into Vortex. Out of amusement I trid to get them running (I think I managed around 800 of them sort of working together). But overall this broke Vortes something fierce. So after amusing myself I deleted the mods from Vortex, couldnt, so I went to reinstall Vortex.
What I didnt know is every mod thats placed into Vortex gets a file added to it - saying its managed by vortex. When I removed Vortex it scrubbed my drive of every single mod. Since it wasnt deleted normally the Windows options to recover it failed. I had a few empty folders left and that was all.
I search in my mod archive files for the vortex word and delete the files now. But it hurt to lose 4-5 years of mods. Mods I got from translating Japanmese and Korean websites to download. I havent the foggiest where I can find them again. All my lost anime
So be careful if you use vortex. Its pretty aggressive in adding the file to anything it downloads and it throws a royal fit if you dont want it to download everything.
Hopefully this can save someone else the pain :P
It was over 900 gigs - some 2000 mods.
When I was installing some mods I accidentally dropped my archive into Vortex. Out of amusement I trid to get them running (I think I managed around 800 of them sort of working together). But overall this broke Vortes something fierce. So after amusing myself I deleted the mods from Vortex, couldnt, so I went to reinstall Vortex.
What I didnt know is every mod thats placed into Vortex gets a file added to it - saying its managed by vortex. When I removed Vortex it scrubbed my drive of every single mod. Since it wasnt deleted normally the Windows options to recover it failed. I had a few empty folders left and that was all.
I search in my mod archive files for the vortex word and delete the files now. But it hurt to lose 4-5 years of mods. Mods I got from translating Japanmese and Korean websites to download. I havent the foggiest where I can find them again. All my lost anime
So be careful if you use vortex. Its pretty aggressive in adding the file to anything it downloads and it throws a royal fit if you dont want it to download everything.
Hopefully this can save someone else the pain :P