"If you're sensitive to tech disasters, you might want to look away now: A recent Reddit thread tells the story of an unfortunate user who found 30 years of photos and work locked away and inaccessible in Microsoft OneDrive. The individual made use of their cloud storage account to consolidate files from various hard drives, which had to be discarded due to a move."
"You can copy your important files to an external hard drive, but if it's in the same room as your laptop, then theft, fire, or flood can wipe out both copies at the same time. Today, having two backups of everything-so three copies in total-might seem excessive, as cloud storage services so rarely go down. We've all become used to the idea that the data"
An individual consolidated files from multiple hard drives into Microsoft OneDrive and lost access when the account was locked without explanation. Thirty years of photos and work became inaccessible while appeals for restoration received no response. The situation demonstrates that cloud access can be unexpectedly interrupted and that provider-side actions can block retrieval. Important files require more than a single copy in the cloud. Multiple backups in separate locations, including offline drives stored separately from primary devices, reduce the risk of simultaneous loss from theft, fire, flood, or account lockouts.
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