>>>One thing I know for sure is this will never happen again, and then I won't have to worry about such decisions. There are going to be multiple forms of backup, including DVDs (Ghost) and offsite storage in the event of fire or burglary.
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>>There are only 2 types of people:
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>>- True Believers in backup
>>- Those who are about to become True Believers
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>>;-)
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>The disappointing part is I already was a true believer, running an automated backup program every night. What I have learned is my approach was not sophisticated enough, with enough layers of redundancy.

Probably some corollary of Murphy's law:
Your backup problems will be shown to you if you sufficiently depend on your files.