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Unless the backup files are also corrupt.

Sure, that's a small possibility, but are we trying to get to 0% chance of data corruption?




There is no point to go in the probability of data corruption below than a probability of an event that makes stored data irrelevant. Like, for example, Earth hit by an asteroid, global nuclear war or, for personal data, a chance of death.


Everything is backed up in the Akashic records anyway, it's fine.




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