There are two kinds of people: those who have lost data, and those who will. Computers die, and backup procedures are imperfect. There’s nothing to be done about it. The last time I had a computer die was in college. I knew it was on its last legs, and my girlfriend had been prodding me to replace it, so I had already moved on in mind somewhat. I’m just glad I printed the paper I was writing before it decided to never turn on again. Otherwise, I don’t think I would have taken it well. I have kept the hard drive all these years just in case I can find a way to get the information off of it, but who knows if it’s even accessible anymore?