A client had the blue screen of death last night. Brought the tower home and the HD was toast...hooking it up externally brought NO results.

So, I decided to put in a temporary HD - I had a couple of 80g around, the same size as hers - and would see about getting her pictures and documents retrieved by one of two companies.

...........................Her Windows is successfully reinstalled.

Unfortunately, it seems I overwrote her own hard drive WITH HER PICTURES ON IT.

I know lying is NOT good...I just feel sick and don't know what to tell her. I don't feel I should even charge her.

One thing for sure, I am done with being even self-employed. Screwups like this are unforgiveable.

And I was hoping to even make a few dollars on this.

I'm going to go cry now...