[HarleyD]

I was very fortunate that only the processor died on me. I pulled out the hard drive and bought a $16 hard drive reader (on top of the $1000 computer). I was able to find most of the files; however you never know what is missing. I keep the hard drive in a shoe box that I refer to as the ark of the covenant and pull it out when we find something needs to be restored.

But you're right, most people are unmoved by other people catastrophic data lost. That is, unless it's your wife who refuses to go to work until her problem is solved. :O)

[Lee N. Field]

But you're right, most people are unmoved by other people catastrophic data lost.

No, I mean a lot of people seem curiously unmoved by their own catastrophic data loss. They drift from computer to computer. But, I guess, most people don't have documents, email and such going back to the late 80s.

Ping me privately if you need any advice. That's the kind of thing I do for a living.