[HIB]Human Error the Number One Cause of Data Loss

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Instead of cussing out the computer the next time data comes up missing, you should point the blame at yourself, according to a recent survey by Kroll Ontrack. The data recovery software vendor found that human error is the cause for 40 percent of the cases of data loss, compared to 29 percent for hardware or system failures. The human error number was up considerably from a similar study five years ago, indicating big changes in how we interact with computers. Kroll Ontrack said the big jump in data loss incidents attributable to human error was "staggering." When the Minneapolis, Minnesota, company conducted a similar study in 2005, people identified human error as the cause for losing data in 11 percent of the cases, while 56 percent of data loss incidents were attributed to hardware or system failures.

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