Sera,

I've been watching this thread with great interest. I am very sorry to hear about the problems you had with your computer, and your loss (possible loss??) of the Kaimira. Unfortunately I was out of town when you had the problems with your system, or maybe I could have helped you get everything back. But even with re-formatting your drive, some of your files may still be recoverable (it depends on how the drive was reformatted, and where the files were on the hard drive (the physical location).

Although Klez.h is a particularly pesky virus, and spreads through your system(s) like wildfire, it's very unlikely that it made your data unrecoverable (your entire system was probably recoverable). It attaches it's self to files in your system, changes registry settings, and sends it's self to everyone in your email, ICQ, network, and really clogs up your network.

In your case, simply removing your hard drive and installing it as an additional hard drive on a protected system, scanning your hard drive to remove the virus, and making copies of your data files is all that would have been needed save everything. Although it is too late for this now, it's good information to have if you experience problems in the future. Unless your hard drive is physically dead, data is almost always recoverable.

If you you have any top notch computer shops with data recovery tools in your area, it's possible the Kaimira could be recovered from your hard drive even though it has been reformatted. Unfortunately, most local computer shops don't do data recovery, and any that do, charge a premium price for the service (the tools are expensive).

I've recovered data from un-bootable systems, unreadable data, and deleted data, and reformated drives many times over the years, so I know from personal experience that it can be done. I would offer to help, but I no longer work where I have access to software to read data off of a reformatted drive.

I'm Sorry for your loss, and sorry that I was too late to help. I'm looking forward to watching your progress on the new, improved? version.

GOOD LUCK!

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