Why back up your data? How about this:


You can't afford to lose data, so back it up. Get a second hard drive. Get a tape drive. Get a RAID array on your server, a SAN on your network. Do it now before you try to lose weight, backing up your data will actually work. Six months at the gym can still be offset by a plethora of pies and ice cream.

If you haven't backed up your data, I warn you, the video below can be very scary. It's not meant for weak at heart daredevils who carry around their only copy of their data on their 4 year old laptops.

Don't be a daredevil, back it up.