I rarely encrypt my files because it's usually much easier to recover data from crashes, stuffed disks etc. when data isn't encrypted. Simlpy, encrypted gobbled

I rarely encrypt my files because it's usually much easier to recover data from crashes, stuffed disks etc. when data isn't encrypted. Simlpy, encrypted gobbledygook cannot be easily sorted out from random data, coherent data—even when broken into small chunks—is more recognizable than broken encrypted bits. The most annoying aspect of many encryption programs is that they are not specified for recovery in cases when the encrypted data stream become broken. For example, you've a hard disk failure where a certain percentage of the sectors on the disk are irrecoverable then the question of how well the encryption program can recover the remaining data becomes important. In my experience, recovering the remaining data from the remanents of the encrypted data is essentially nigh on impossible. My rule is to not encrypt unless I've guaranteed multiple backups. I've often wondered why more attention isn't paid to this problem.