I've had 5 years of graduate research literally walk out the door when someone decided to steal the workstation out of my office at the beginning of 2000. Than

I've had 5 years of graduate research literally walk out the door when someone decided to steal the workstation out of my office at the beginning of 2000. Thankfully everything was being backed up remotely but it took over a month before a successful restore from tape. I'm guessing it was the first time the department's backup system was put to an actual "test" and during that month it was questionable whether or not I'd get anything back. Not the best thing to happen right before you're set to write your PhD dissertation.