. . who's tape drive reported success in every backup for years. Unfortunately the verify was done on the fly instead of a verify pass.
His hard disk failed. Turned out the drive speed regulation was waaaaaay off - so much flutter even a recovery house couldn't follow it.
Fortunately not my responsibility - backup script by his software vendor and his responsibility to verify (they said, of course he hadn't a clue how to do that).
My sympathy glands were not exercised at all since this is a Beverly Hills client - which means I have to extort payment for all services, which may take a year or more.
Classic:
Stew (one of my clients): "No, I won't sell you this steel."
Customer: "Why not?" (very offended)
Stew: "Every time I've sold you something I've had to sue you to get paid, that's why."
Customer: "So, what's wrong with that? I figure if you don't sue me for the money you just don't want it enough."