Why is it that when your computer dies, you really do loose so many items when you rebuild or start from scratch. My pc has decided to leave this earth and I am only thankful that it told me in advance so that I could prepare (ie backup up anything I could think of).
Most people are not control freaks when it comes to backing up their computer data, nor are they organsied enough to have all their software in the one place if at all eg that old favourite piece of software you've relied on for years. The software may not even be compatable with new operating systems eg XP to Vista.
You lose little pices of your life, maybe your web favourites (unless you use a online favourites storage mechanism such as del.ic.ious), the way you've set up your pc so that those little qwerks that really annoy you have been removed. It could be as simple as having monitor resolution or text colours and size.
How does anyone who does not have 1) not much skill in rebuilding a pc or 2) someone with visual impairments cope when this happens ?
Why can't software makers put all the 'system related' configurations about a user somewhere on the drive. Is it because it can get corrupted? Because it can get hacked? Or is it just because it's either never been thought worthwhile, or there is just no standard place created for this type of facility?
I guess on the other hand that so much more information is being stored online to improve our personalisation that it could somewhat be stored on the web to be downloaded in times of emergency. Like the 'break in case of emergency' glass that we see next to that life saving fire equipment. How 'life saving' would this be ?
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