15/02/2026
⚠️ This £2 subscription SAVED our customer almost £1000 ⚠️
We recently had an HP laptop come into Computerworks that was completely failing to boot. After running through various troubleshooting steps, we discovered the cause: a failed solid state drive (SSD).
As you can imagine, this was a stressful moment for the client — the drive contained very important data. We attempted multiple recovery methods, but unfortunately the SSD wasn’t accessible. The next option would normally be to send the drive to a specialist data recovery centre, which can be very costly.
Before going down that route, we checked something crucial (with the client’s permission): was OneDrive cloud backup enabled?
Luckily, it was. ✅
All the important files were safely backed up to OneDrive.
Many people hesitate at paying around £2 per month for 100GB of cloud storage, but in this case that small cost saved the customer hundreds — potentially close to four figures — in data recovery fees.
We fitted a brand new 500GB SSD, carried out a clean install of Windows 11, and had the laptop ready to restore the backed-up data straight onto the new drive.
📌 Lesson of the day: backups aren’t exciting… until they save you.
If you’re unsure whether your data is backed up, message us and we’ll be happy to check 👍