My entire portfolio got corrupted right before a gallery review in Seattle

I was prepping for a big gallery review at the Olympic Sculpture Park last Thursday and my main hard drive just died. Lost about 80 finished pieces, including a 3-month project for a client. The backup I thought was automatic hadn't run in two weeks. Anyone ever recover from a massive data loss like this without losing their mind?

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ninasanchez21d ago

Man that backup situation is rough, but automatic doesn't always mean set and forget. I mean, you gotta check those things manually sometimes, maybe once a week. It's saved my butt before when a cloud sync just stopped working.

avery92121d ago

Totally agree, you have to check in on them! I set a calendar reminder for the first Monday of every month to open my backup software and look at the logs. Found a failed drive that way before it became a real problem. It only takes five minutes but it gives you so much peace of mind. Letting it run on its own is just asking for a nasty surprise later.