MBP left connected to TV via VGA for 5 hours

Hello,

My roommate owns a MBP i5, 2010 version.
He left his MBP connected to his TV via VGA while we went grocery shopping and to ball hockey (approx. 5 hours)

When we returned, the screen was blank...it was black but you could tell the screen was on. He restarted the MBP and a bunch of his programs are missing, as well some important files...


any idea what happened?

could anyone have got into your room?

No, he locks his room every time he leaves.

This all seems really weird, I seriously doubt the VGA connection has anything to do with it...but I figured I would add that information anyway.

Has anyone had issues with the MBP's screen going blank and losing data/programs?

-bentharbour

what was deleted? ive never heard of a computer deleting data at random.

His Office is just gone, completely disappeared...we even went into finder and searched for it...nothing.

Very odd.