A few months ago I had a client come crying to me about her failed laptop. She was a visiting researcher from Ecuador, and had three months of work on there that was saved no where else. The laptop would boot, but would lockup — and you can hear the click of death. Though usually a sign that the drive is completely gone, I managed to recover all of her documents. She learned a valuable lesson that day. I still remember her sobbing, and that vision ensures that I backup my files regularly.
I recently had three hard drives die. Luckily none of them had any critical information on them, but they serve as a warning. No matter how careful you are, you must always have a backup. There is no excuse.
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