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Another part of learned blankness is fear of making a catastrophic mistake-- for example, I've heard that it's possible to wipe out what you were trying to save when you make a backup. I need to find out whether this is still true (if it ever was), and how hard it is to avoid, rather than turning the whole thing into a matter of panic.
It's possible, I've done it before. It didn't happen the first time, it happened when I got confident enough that I stopped paying attention to the process and skipped a step. I think that's the most dangerous time for errors like this, when you've just learned and gotten confident in your ability to do something.
Edit - please disregard this post