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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1653214" data-attributes="member: 56379">It would be nice if the author of the MacWorld article was a bit clearer on this point.&nbsp; If the hard drive was to mechanically fail (doesn't spin, read/write heads not operating correctly, etc.)…gonna be REAL difficult to recover files (even with Diskwarrior).&nbsp; I'm still learning about SSD's…and how they fail.&nbsp; Maybe this is less of an issue with SSD's.Still seems best to me to have backups.&nbsp; I guess having backups + DiskWarrior is an even better situation.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; - With frequent backups…we're probably 95% covered.&nbsp; - With backups + DiskWarrior...we're probably 98%-99% covered.- With redundant external drive backups + DiskWarrior…we're probably 99.5% covered.- Never gonna get 100% protection!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />* Nick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1653214, member: 56379"] It would be nice if the author of the MacWorld article was a bit clearer on this point. If the hard drive was to mechanically fail (doesn't spin, read/write heads not operating correctly, etc.)…gonna be REAL difficult to recover files (even with Diskwarrior). I'm still learning about SSD's…and how they fail. Maybe this is less of an issue with SSD's. Still seems best to me to have backups. I guess having backups + DiskWarrior is an even better situation.:) - With frequent backups…we're probably 95% covered. - With backups + DiskWarrior...we're probably 98%-99% covered. - With redundant external drive backups + DiskWarrior…we're probably 99.5% covered. - Never gonna get 100% protection!;) * Nick [/QUOTE]

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