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[PhilOfPerth]

Reminds me of local forums where people kept popping up and wanting advice on how to turn off or delete this and that in order to save storage space - for hard drives with a terabyte or more.

These people almost always showed up after days or a few weeks with a cry for help: "My system suddenly crashed. I do not know why. How can I save my data (No backup, of course. They are experts!)?".

The world is full of experts, and they are not getting any less. 

An oldy, but for what it's worth:  x denotes the unknown; Spurt is a drip under pressure.