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Conveniently back up paper note books using a 4K video camera!

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File system reliability tests: Ext4 scored best. (2016)

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Story If you use Windows, disarm the “AUTOCHK.EXE” time bomb. (And how it messed up some of my files.)

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Story One HAMA memory stick from 2015 surprisingly has no corrupt data.

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Be wary of SSD TRIM: Deletions are permanent.

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Create a disk image prior to file system surgery (e.g. running “ChkDsk”/“fsck” and modifying partitions).

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JPEG is more damage-robust than PNG and TIF.

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Story Better create a file list before transferring a high number of files.

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Story More and less reliable flash storage brands

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The 10-second backup

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Take how many different storage locations your data is in. Subtract 1. That's how many copies of your data you actually have.

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Recovering videos from my Sony camera that I stupidly deleted

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Story All files in user storage suddenly disappeared while using MTP. - Google Nexus 7 (2012) on Android 4.4.2

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Avoid exhausting your operating system partition's space storage (both desktop amd mobile), or risk data loss and crazy unpredictable behaviour. | crosspost from /s/TellPoal

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Compression ain't for backups. It's for file sharing.

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Do not put too many adapters on top of each other, especially when using USB-OTG on mobile phones.

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Browsing history and sessions: Do not rely the browser's own retention.

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How to recover text in one minute after unsuccessful submission of a web form / Sudo Null IT News – Joey Adams

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Tips for “cp” command usage in terminal

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Story Tom Scott's worst typo (data loss story)

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Data storage reliability almost is a lottery.

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Textarea Cache – Add-on that has spared me headaches countless of times.

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The Most Common Types of Flash Drive Failure [PCB disintegration?!]

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Beware bogus file management software

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Rough measure of flash storage quality: How high is the normal transfer rate? [+ Example]

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/s/DataLossPrevention

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About this sub

For discussion and sharing tips on how to prevent data loss and about file management.

Feel free to share your stories of data loss.
Preferably, add the “Story” flair afterwards.

Resources

^{(Unfinished yet)}

The A.K.B.S.-principle:

Always Keep Backups, Stupid!

^{Parody of “Keep it simple, stupid!”.}

S.E.T.

Store Everything (at least) Twice!

^{It's already worth the liberating sense of assurance.}