My hard drive seems to be having trouble. Should I bother backing it up?
No, your data is of no importance and you can probably recreate it within a few months. After all, you have lots of paper printouts to recopy from and you’re a fast typist.
Seriously, if your computer or hard drive is doing anything unusual—squeaking, chirping, having trouble getting going, read/write errors, missing or damaged files—take it as a reminder to do a complete backup to another drive, removable media, or website. Please!
Published March 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Last modified on June 17, 2009 1:23 PM
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