Technology's downfall

My flash drive decided to wipe itself clean and now doesn't work. Unfortunately I had a lot of work on it and so it naturally ended in tears. Advice to all please back up work onto pc or hard drive it is so important. Flash drives these days are not reliable. My sony 128 that is about 5 years old still runs perfectly but the new just aren't made the same. I lost hours of work! Just a warning...