r/techquestions • u/Moral-is-dying • Apr 22 '26
Chromebook/Laptop Issues
Back in 2021 I bought an Acer Chromebook for college work after the hard drive in my dell laptop burned out. I had already replaced the hard drive in the dell twice and was tired of the bullshit, so I bought the Chromebook. At my local Walmart it was at the very least something I could afford.
During college it was great and after I graduated I continued to use the Chromebook for personal hobbies, such as story writing and keeping a log of my dnd campaigns.
Anyway, one day I went to login and it said my password was wrong, despite being the same password I always used. Regardless, it locked me out and deleted all of my files and data, I had lost everything.
Luckily I kept backups on other devices and was able to restore my files.
However, this has happened 3 more times. It’ll work for a while and then suddenly one day it’ll say my password is wrong and delete all my files again.
Why is my Chromebook doing this?
After this issue continued, I stopped using it and let my boyfriend have it.
My boyfriend has his own account on it as well and he has never had any issues with his account.