In my case (over the last two years) that method failed me as everything went into a lockup storage facility and I could'nt access it.

Perhaps another form of backup service could be used then like emailing yourself the file on one (or several) of the persistent free email provider services.

Thank God for Conitecs re-issue service, without it, I would only have just got my stuff out of storage and begun catching up around two months ago.