[gtvwill]

I just spent the last 4 days recovering payroll systems and data from machines that have no backup. Turns out they were storing all the payroll data on an external hdd in a folder called "dead hdd recovery" that was from the last time I recovered a dead system for them about 4 years ago. They weren't ment to keep using that external hdd or folder but they did. They also weren't interested in other forms of redundancy the last time the payroll machine died.

This time however the building had a fire go through the main office and took out a quarter of the facility. I finally convinced them to atleast get the data on one drive for a start.

First fire they'd had in 40 years of operating. I still can't convince them to switch to a cloud based payroll/book keeping system but hey atleast it's now backed up across two terminals, one that's kept offsite and a 3rd location of onedrive in the cloud. It's been a fun few days to say the least.

Astounded the drives survived whilst their chassis melted around them (samsung ssds and asus pn51-e1 mini pcs). They got insanely lucky.