05.16.2006 - User-Generated Content Is Called "Priceless," Yet Many Don't Back Up Data, A Maxtor Survey Reveals

MILPITAS, Calif., May 16, 2006 - We live in a world of increasingly ubiquitous digital content, and we enjoy and share it via a broad number of in-home and portable devices. Often this content is self-generated or created by our friends and family, including personal photos and other media files that are irreplaceable. Yet nearly half of adult U.S. computer users who have digital content stored on their computer run the risk of losing their digital files forever because they don't back them up to external devices or media, according to a new U.S. adult consumer survey? of computer users, sponsored by Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO), the consumer storage innovator. - View Press Release - Visit Maxtor Corporation