Is there anyone here who has never had their computer die on them?

Does everyone have this disaster happen sooner or later? Know anyone who’s escaped it? Do you just take it in stride, or is it really a painful loss?

Of course anyone can back up their important stuff, and some of us do; but even at that, getting a new system set up is a real pain.

I resist getting a new device for as long as possible, and then a little longer, because there’s nothing about it that I enjoy. As a result, I typically wait too long and then have a catastrophe. The experience has not taught me to be more proactive about it.

Have you managed to avoid those sickening crashes, or have they by now just become part of the tragic fate of humankind, as certain for all as death and taxes?

This never happens with pencil and paper.