The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/WikiBox on 2025-01-02 10:47:11.

This is an informal survey to find out what the most common reasons for data loss are, among the data-hoarders who answer.

It is assumed that the data loss was permanent, no recovery from drive rescue, backups, snapshots, redundancy, re-download.

If you never experience data loss, or did so using some other cause, please comment why/how.

What has caused you the most/worst loss of valuable data in the past?

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