Data loss can happen in many ways, the most
common causes are physical failure of your PC,
accidental error, theft or disasters like fire, flood
and dropped coffee mugs!
1. One of the few universal truths in life is, no
matter how in control you are of your universe,
something, someday will inevitably go completely
wrong, and usually it is something that will
happen beyond your control. The same is true for
the files on your computer/mobile devices. No
matter how updated and top-of-the-line your hard
drive is, it will someday inevitably give up on you
and your files.
2. Numerous viruses abound in the computers of
individuals around the world - computers that
send and receive files through the Internet. There
are also the numerous floppy disks, CDs and
flash drives that connect to your computer. Any
one of these can be a carrier of a harmful virus
that can wipe out the data stored on your
computer. If you don't have a backup for this
data, you're most likely never going to see them
again.
3. Power failures are one of the computer's worst
nightmares especially in Nigeria!! (which also
include running water and becoming obsolete).
They happen without notice, especially when the
whether is bad. And power failures can just as
easily ruin your computer and all the files on it. It
is another good reason why you should back up
your files.
The bottom line is it's better to be safe than to
be sorry
