Again, it all depends on how much that data is worth.
And, as far as the SSD failing, I cannot say that it is the SSD, or its usage, or power issues, etc. The reality of life is that things fail, and one needs to be prepared for that reality.
A simple USB stick for $10, the copy command, and 5 minutes of time could have avoided the problem. And, OneDrive or other such cloud backups are available as well. Not trying to be insensitive here, but the user should have been concerned about preserving the data if it was that important.
I tell my customers/friends all the time to backup. After almost 50 years, some have learned, some have learned the hard way, and some have not learned at all. I stopped (this year) helping friends recover their data. If their data was not that important to them, then it definitely not that important to me.
Doc (not an Intel employee or contractor)
