Not much help now, but an external USB HDD is a wonderful thing for backing up computers with. I use mine all the time. You can pick up a 300 GB disk drive for about $50 and the enclosure will run you another $20. It is a small price to pay for peace of mind.
My Goodness, that is horrible. Over the last 10 years, Hubby and I have had 2 computers die on us.
The first time we lost everything. The second time, Hubby was able to revive it.....partially, about 1/4 of the way. It was enough to save all of our pics and videos, although we lost a bunch of music. We actually had our professional wedding photos burned off on a separate DVD disk, so those weren't in danger. However, some of the stuff we took on our own, like photos from our wedding night, (nothing perverted though), would have been lost.
Since then, we bought a little flash drive, just an 8G one. It's enough to keep our most important stuff saved.
The first time we lost everything. The second time, Hubby was able to revive it.....partially, about 1/4 of the way. It was enough to save all of our pics and videos, although we lost a bunch of music. We actually had our professional wedding photos burned off on a separate DVD disk, so those weren't in danger. However, some of the stuff we took on our own, like photos from our wedding night, (nothing perverted though), would have been lost.
Since then, we bought a little flash drive, just an 8G one. It's enough to keep our most important stuff saved.
I am very sorry for all of your trouble sweetie.