A Cautionary Tale
I just thought I would share with you all my current pain.
One of 2 PCs has just had a system disk failure.
Glad was I of my recent backups (both to PC 2 and external disk).
However, partner had been a lot less proactive, despite much nagging, so was very despondent about photos, documents etc.
Fortunately, Knoppix to the rescue came, and I seem able to recover all the data from the data partition.
BUT, I still have the irritating task of installing replacement disk, installing OS and all apps, and restoring individual configurations / environments for 4 family members.
This is the first time in almost 20 years that I have wished for a full system backup to tape!
So - it can happen, it probably WILL happen, and it is better to be prepared than sorry!
I may be a trifle busy over the next few days...
SD