What are the real consequences if my hdd crashes or in general data is lost?
Your node gets disquaified and you lose the “held amount”.
You can create a new node (on a working drive), but it will have to be vetted again, then it will take a whiel to accumulate data etc.
Damage!
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Lol, I did answer it, the real consequence of a HDD crash or losing your data is losing the node → damage. OP is going to lose the whole node in case his drive crashes. But Pentium100 already explained it all before me anyway, so OP got his answer.