What is the likelihood of catastrophic data loss?
If you haven’t already had a disk crash or some other catastrophic data loss, consider yourself in the lucky minority! Surveys show that nearly 2/3 of PC users have experienced some form of catastrophic data loss. Statistically, you have about a 1 in 12 chance of having your hard drive crash in any given year, about a 1 in 10 chance of having your laptop stolen, and about a 1 in 3 chance of serious data loss through your own errors. This means in a single year your chance of needing to restore a file is nearly 60%. The going price for recovering data from a crashed hard disk is $750 to $1000. Is it really worth risking your irreplaceable digital photos, important documents and other data when you can buy protection for just a few dollars a month?
