Backing up is an easy way to avoid loss of work, data and your sanity.

Lossing data and work near the end of a project can have serious financial (or academic) reprocussions, depending on the situation.

The average cost of lost data or work is approx. $2,557 US per day.

Data recovery shops charge $250 an hour to recover lost data and they do not guarentee that they will be able to recover anything, but you will be charged for the time regardless of the amount of data they can recover.