Battery gone lose everything?

Question

Hello to all,
Im a new mac person and have the macbook pro 17" running OS X. Im also new to laptops. Someone told me that if my battery became exhausted and died I would lose everything in my laptop? Ive looked for information here at Apple and on the web but havent found anything. I do try to back up my photos and such but Murphy's law says there will always be that time you dont backup that the computer dies. Does anyone know if this is true about the battery?
Thanks for your time.

Answer 1

Your battery question is answered, but since you say you are new to Mac, you should be aware that there are some very easy ways to back up and stay backed up. One is with Time Machine--you mount an external drive while you are working, and your work is automatically backed up as you work by Time Machine.
Another useful way to back up is to create a bootable clone on an external drive using a cloning utility like Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
You can download either one and use it as long as you like for free. If you want to unlock some of Super Duper's more useful features like Smart Update, you can register a copy for about $28. CCC is donation ware.
If you have a big enough external drive, you can do both by partitioning it with one partition for Time Machine and a second partition for your bootable clone.
Both Time Machine and a cloning utility will back up everything you have on your hard drive, and not just specific individual things like photos.
Nobody has ever succeeded in repealing Murphy's Law, but a good backup strategy will save you from the worst disasters.
Good luck!