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Your storage device WILL eventually fail. But what if you knew the signs to look for ahead of time so you could react appropriately and save your data?

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link:    • [Electro] - Laszlo - Supernova [Monst...  
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sup...
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link:    • Sugar High - Approaching Nirvana  
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / mbarek_abdel  
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:43 Sound
2:23 SMART
3:33 Software
5:45 Used HDDs
7:26 Backups
7:46 Too late
9:45 Outro