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From years of seeing failed drives, Dr. Dave warns that a warranty replaces hardware but not lost files. Remote backup does not replace local backup, and a local backup drive is itself fallible; the seemingly silly answer is to make another copy of the backup. It is an enduring preservation principle drawn from the brothers' recovery work.

3:06 · Consulting Philosophy

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