Oh, they still have write limitations
True, nothing lasts forever. But it is highly unlikely any home user will reach those limits with a current generation SSD. And I note EVERY hard drive WILL fail too - eventually. Some sooner than later.
Trying to convince them they need to back up their data is like pulling teeth with tweezers.
lol That said, is there a good way to pull a tooth!
I don't know what it is about backups. I call it the teenager syndrome. The attitude of, "
it won't happen to me". I don't know of anybody who doesn't know they should have a viable backup plan. They just keep putting it off or don't think about it, until it is too late.
And as I noted above, you have to have several layers. I tell all my clients to keep one backup off-site. Most don't. I had one who used external drives and backed up his PC and the wife's notebook every week. I told him to have an off-site back up too. If he didn't trust "the cloud" (and I still don't), to keep a copy at a trusted neighbors, or even his bank safe deposit box. He didn't. Then his house was broken into and they took his big screen TV and home theater sound system, his computer, her notebook, and the two external drives they used for backups he kept on his desk next to his computer.
People don't think about "physical" security either.
Most of my private clients are seniors. I set them up with a password safe but keep finding their passwords written down on an index card under their keyboard or in a notebook in their desk drawer. I tell them a badguy is going to look around arm's length from their computer chair. But "
it won't happen to me!"
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