South Korean government learns the importance of backups the hard way after

Hardware & Tech Questions
1

Ouch!

2

Back when I bought my first PC circa 1990, my brother who had just completed an IT degree gave me this advice:

“There are two types of computer users. Those that back up their essential data
 And those that wish they did”.

3

This is the gov version of:

„Hey, I dropped my phone and it does not start any more. Now all my Pictures of the last 3 years are gone. You‘re an IT expert, is there something you can do?“

„Well, I can deliver bad news with a smile
 :grinning:“

„:frowning:“


Except a guy jumped off a building for this failure. :flushed:

Double check your Restore capabilities! It‘s Backup AND Restore. With backup meaning you have offsite copies of each file AND its history. So you can go back to a state before it was fumbled with.

4

Yeah, I second the “restore test” recommendation: an untested backup is a really bad day just waiting to happen. Yeah, guess how I know