I frequently back up my document files, so I didn’t lose those. Unfortunately, I didn’t think of backing up the pictures prior to the computer crash.
I have most of my pics on an external hard drive, in addition to having several uploaded to external sites.
It is a difficult decison on which media is the best for saving documents and pics.
I had a computer crash last summer but I had been having lots of trouble so I saved most of my “stuff”.