there is software that can retreive lost documents. unless your comp completely crashed.

Yeah, what he said ^ ... don't panic.

Yes and no on the recordings. We have some multitracked stuff, but nothing that's been massaged into listenable songs. Need a producer.

It's a rare set of circumstances these days that make files completely unretrievable.

Damn,that really sucks.
I know how you feel.
I've lost my diaries and with them many photos of my friends etc etc.