Top 10 data loss disasters

http://www.ontrack.com/special/data-disasters-2006.aspx

The best one...

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1. Sock it to Me – Although the circumstances of the original data loss were unremarkable, the problem was intensified when the customer shipped his drive to Ontrack in a pair of dirty socks. The old socks didn’t provide the necessary protection during shipping and the resulting damage made the recovery more challenging than normal. Next time, he’ll stick with bubble wrap, but in the meantime, Ontrack successfully recovered his data too.

Whoever did that was an idiot and should be kneecapped and then left in the middle of nowhere. He should serve as an example that society will not put up with stupidity.

i havent read previusly into this but i have a good one for you, i don't know if you guys will understand but i had an 80 gig hd western digital catch on fire on me, god only knoiws why, but ney\yways i lost 60 gigsd of music and 3 homeade movies and about 2,000 pictures i made on adobe and created from the inner depths of my mind, and i didn't back up any of it. lol i hate that day, and on top of that i couldn't affrod another hd for like 2 months. 2 months with no comp is like hell.

I believe that the loss of the moon landing tapes should count as a "Data Loss Disaster."

I think this is just what this particular company found.