it could be just the hard drive w hich is 100 dollars to replace...if you already have an operating system just buy a new hard drive and install the windows operating system and you are up to go.... sorry to hear about this, i know it is frustrating you have all these programs then poof gone, i have been there myself.

sorry to hear of this situation, but I know that you'll pull through with your usual style and grace (not to mention the other attributes you have...LOL)

I sure know how it is to lose everything. I hope you did not. computers can be so frustrating.

My brother Repair all kind of pc or labtop. And people who arrive whit the same problem like you. He took it off your hards disks and put on a new machine just for the new machine saw his new hard drive like that he can make a copy of all your things on dvd But if your window are so bad in your hard drive . You can't have the program you put it on Because when you install all program the window took a lot of your program and keep it the rest in your program files And if you copied a program from there that not working after . But suppose to save all your others files on the dvd . I hope that help you ? not nice for any body grrrrrrrrr"?%+===***&?%$/" MICKEYRONY

Wish I was there to help out, Bro... Hope everything works out, and you can get all your stuff back. I know how ya feel, Mike! Been there, done that... Hope to see you again soon, my friend. I'll take good care of the TAG game - I'm just waiting to see if the current one comes back to life.

oh man... sad day.... I've had computers go south on me in the past... hope things turn out for the best...

Oh man, that sucks! My heart goes out to you... I hope you can manage to repair your computer soon, or maybe get another one. I dread to think what would I do if it happened to me. Crosses fingers

hope to see you soon. i know the feeling as i have gone through the same thing.

Sorry to hear that, Mike. Always appreciated your comments and banter. Hope a little good fortune falls your way.

Oh those darn computers. Hope things work out for you Mike.

brilliant but sad image my friend, funny but sad. so bummed on that my friend, hope partsmaters call you, fars as i know they only have one warehouse person right now. i'm unemployed as of friday last week my friend. take care. will send you an e-mail.

Dang...I hate to hear that Mike! I hope your back up and running soon! Gonna miss ya! (((hugs)))

hope you had back up on the more importance stuff. I pray that Jesus will help you. I knew He would like you go to church and just talk to Him. But He will help you too. find a church that believe in the Bible. a lot of churches do not believe in what the Bible says so if you in one go find one that do believe that the Bible is god word to us and to live it.

Sorry to hear this news Mike, and hope there can be a cheap fix for the computer. Message me when you have time my friend

When it rains, it pours...unfortunately you have a black cloud over you. Maybe if you tilt your head way back and blow real hard it will go away. lol. Get back here soon Mike!

Sorry to hear that.

Computers can be so rotten..hope to see you again soon!!

Hope to see you up and running soon mate. All the very best!

so sad rhat i am not closer to ya bro. have you tried the windows repair console.when icons disappear it seems to me that the sytem is corrupt,if the harddisk would be f..ed than it would not work at all and not let only icons disappear. when icons disappear means not necessarly that the programs are gone the icons are usually only shortcuts to said programs.

I agrre with Mike (Faemike) your style and aplomb will see you through this my friend. I be there are 100s of people who would have a go at your pc for free, in your locality. Furthermore, it might be that adding more memory to your Wife's machine is a solution, or even a better graphics card. I will ask my friend when he gets back from Hospital. Send me a mail Mike with the symptoms and I'll see what can be done. You might find that for a very small outlay, there could be a solution and you'd be back on here in no time. You can buy MASSIVE hard drives over here, for less than $100, if that was the primary cause. Likewise, memory (up to 3GB on XP) or a new graphics card, would probably resolve the problem, providing you have an operationg systems to work from. You'll be amazed how gracious and kind people can be, when you're up against it. Why not put an advert in the paper, that says, you will take an old computer off someone's hands who may be upgrading, rather than them just throw it away, which MUST happen loads. Just a thought Mike. Maybe, they may even have a few graphics programs already installed. Hope this inspires you. What will a posting in your local newspaper cost? There may already be a company that "re-cycles" old computers and you could get a half decent one for under $100? Good luck mate! Steve :)

Best wish for your Computer to get fix Mike, and hope to see you soon!

Sorry to here that your computer has gone pear shaped on you Mike, I do hope some good Samaritan can help you out.. It must suck not having a computer to work on!! Take care and we will see you back soon, you have tag to finish ;-)

OMG - What a crap Mike, perhaps René can give you a bus with one of his older harddisks - so please write him!!!

Oh no so sorry to hear the bad news. Been there myself..Sometimes it is the hard drive..Been there. Easy to replace but you lose everything. Keep us posted if possible..

Ahww Mike..i did read this in Ben's DA gallery..but was thinking that everything was gonna be alright. And i miss you already..:((( I truly hope your computer problem can be solved. Peace

Mike we miss you.... Hope you find a solution soon. Have you checked Craigslist for help?

Awwww bye bye. Renderosity is infectious you will e back if not we shall have to come and getcha lol so sorry about your comp :) Cathy xoxoxo

Computers seem to have a life span of between 4 to 6 years. Sorry to hear about Yours dying. Hope You can repair it and to see You back very soon.

mike !!! it could just be a corrupt user account it can happen in windows from malware! that make Icons disappear! try to see if it will boot into safe mode.. them create another User account.. and give it admin privileges... then re-boot and log on with that account.. make sure you also tell windows to show all hidden and system files and folders!!!! from there Browse to your old user account folder and copy the "root" user account folder to the new account... also I am sending you my e-mail through site mail.... so I may help! God bless my friend! we WILL get you back!!! :o)

Sorry to hear that, MIke. If it's your hardrive that went, you can get a new one and used your PC restore disks, I had a drive die, but I was able to put it into an external hard drive case and that read the drive long enough to get my stuff off it. Good luck.