Most folks who sold you models will restore them to you if asked. I've been there...LOL ;o). It's the personal stuff that I lost tho that was so heartbreaking...sigh. But, I learned my lesson and back everything up now as soon as I have enough to fill a cd. Gonna start backing up on the hubby's DVD burner too, but IMHO, that just makes me more lazy because you can let ALOT of stuff accumulate before backing it up as opposed to a 700 mb cd. Of course, I need an extra desk just to hold all my cds now...hehehehe. Hope you get your data back! Laurie