Note to Self: Remember to Make Regular Backups

It looks like my old hard drive is getting ready to go to the scrapyard.

Some of my oldest photos now look like this. I believe I have a backup or two somewhere... but where!? They must be somewhere along that big pile of CDs and DVDs that already have cobwebs all over them! Ahahhahah! 😂

These are the ones that look better. Some of the photos are over 90% corrupt. 😭

To say the truth, I can't remember exactly when I bought this drive. I think it was around 2008, which means it had a really great run. 11 years with almost daily usage is a lot of time for this ephemeral technology.

Learn from my mistakes...

1. Make Backups;
2. Don't forget where they are;
3. Replace your Hard Drive every 5 or 7 years.