Been there not to long ago. IBM mother board, cheeper to buy a new computer. I was able to have the old HD installed so all those files were saved, But all the disks I had can't be read by the new system, so I lost all that. Shame, was all the old Bat stuff and most of the Japan and PoserFashion stuff that you can't get anymore or you have to buy it now. All my paid for stuff I was able to re-DL with no problems or I bought History burns and don't need to worry about that again. Hard lesson to learn. Back up everything.