Had my hardrive corrupt and lost all my art/music/etc. Haven't backed up in a while, and even then it was selective. Back up your shit folks, I can't even begin to estimate how much I lost.

@glassramen If it's a WD you can get a one time courtesy try of back up might try

@MrGoat Ah it's too late for most recovery options. It was my os drive on my main PC, which I'm currently using after a fresh install. I might be able to use some recovery software to dig up anything that wasn't overwritten since I didn't have to do any formatting, but I accept it's all gone at this point.

@glassramen right on, got it, i do all work on non os drive just for that reason. maybe you add a disk for work stuffs.

@MrGoat I was planning on getting a few drives for that reason, but since last year I haven't had the funds to do so. When things pick back up I'll probably work towards making a nas for a full paranoid level backup and preservation.