Bummer! I always hate having hardware issues too. I suggest getting an external HD or something as well just to back everything up on. Then lock it up and use it for a rainy day like this in the future if you need another HD down the road. Then all you will have to do is transfer everything over to the new HD off the external drive or whatever you used for backing up. I had this same issue a few weeks ago when I formatted my old HD and lost all my important emails when I bought my new PC. I hope you get it all straightend out Rob!
