Windows 10: Windows 10 PC "travels back in time" ??

I left the PC on overnight and when I checked it next morning, there was picture on the monitor. I was in a hurry and hard-rebooted it. Then I noticed something really strange! The last couple of days of activities were missing!

• When I opened Vivaldi browser, it was re-loading the tabs I browsed a coupled of days earlier. Not the tabs from the night before.
• When I opened Qbittorrent, all the torrents that had been downloading from the night before, were missing, and only those that had been seeding a few days back, were visible.
• I had also updated the beta version of a software called Scrivener the night before -- but when I opened it, it was still at the old, expired Beta version that I had upgraded from.
• I checked History in the browser, but there was no history from the day before, even though I spent ages on the net.

It was like the computer had forgotten about the last few days and just rolled back. But this is a brand new machine, it has no backup at all set up.

• Is this a known phenomenon?
• What on earth happened?
• Any way to restore the user profile (that seems to be what took the main hit).

I'm very technical, working in IT etc - so don't hold back and don't dumb it down if you've got any serious feedback on this. I am just very surprised by this and I can't figure out why a hard reboot should cause the computer to lose so much. I believe that data in the AppData User folder is primarily what's missing - but how could this have happened? I'd like to understand it just as much as I'd like to restore the lost work.

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Again, for those that want the update reservation and you meet the requirements ---> Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free

And, some info from the FAQ page:

Also, some interesting info from the Specifications page: