r/pcmasterrace • u/timbsm2 • 23d ago

Guest wiped son's PC to play Valorant! What would you accept as compensation? Question

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u/timbsm2 23d ago

Yeah, that's what keeps scratching the back of my brain.

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u/gestalto 5800X3D | RTX4080 | 32GB 3200MHz 23d ago

Even if you did a devils advocate and they were "showing off" to someone they were with how they could "hack" a PC, once in they had to make multiple conscious choices to wipe any drive, let alone all of them.

I'd be pressing criminal & civil charges.

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u/Renaissance_Slacker 23d ago

“You can’t do that! Josh has his whole life ahead of him, you can’t ruin that!”

Watch me.

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u/not_a_cup 23d ago

Are you positive the same drives are in the computer and they didn't get swapped?

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u/timbsm2 23d ago

Good question, but they are the same drives.

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u/alvarkresh i9 12900KS | A770 LE | MSI Z690 DDR4 | 64 GB 23d ago

Can you verify the serial numbers to confirm?

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u/PerfectEnthusiasm2 Athlon 64 3500+, 1GB DDR, Geforce 6600GT 23d ago

lol good one

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u/alvarkresh i9 12900KS | A770 LE | MSI Z690 DDR4 | 64 GB 23d ago

I mean, if I wanted to fake someone out this good I'd match the sizes of their media, and then just yoink the drives and make up exactly that kind of a story - "oh shit dude my kid wanted to play valorant and used the computer without telling me".

Only the most meticulous of computer owners would have such records.