On Apr 7, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > 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...:-) I've got a small metal box with my photo back ups(DVDs), and a dust proof binder full of my negitives that I'd be grabbing. -sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
