On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:40 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
>> The problem with HD data recovery isn't that the data isn't there, >> it's the resources needed to recover it. > > Yeah, those data recovery services all sound great until you find out > how much it could cost. You start realizing your data isn't worth > THAT > much. That depends. I've had professors pay $1500-$2000 without blinking an eye, because the data represents a half-million dollars worth of data, and maybe they'll FINALLY get into the habit of using our file server instead of their lab systems to store data. (because our file server crashed once for 4 days, 12 years ago (with ZERO loss of data), so we're clearly not reliable <rolls eyes>.) How much are your wedding pictures, the video of your child's first steps, all their baby pictures worth? I know the canonical answer is "Well you should have had that backed up! Betcha won't do THAT again!", but that still leaves folks without those irreplaceable things. This is why people come running out of burning/flooding/collapsing buildings clutching their photo albums. Me, I'm coming out clutching usb and firewire external drives...:-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
