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Coppola Loses All His Data

Posted by kdawson on from the no-questions-asked dept.

Colin Smith writes in with an object lesson in backup methodology — once you have backed everything up, take it somewhere else. "Film director Francis Ford Coppola has appealed for the return of his computer backup device following a robbery at his house in Argentina on Wednesday. He told Argentine broadcaster Todo Noticias he had lost 15 years' worth of data, including writing and photographs of his family."

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  1. Re:Theft prevention ideas? by Panoptes · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sticking a 'Windows Vista' label on it should do the trick.