My mom brought the computer to work with her. (she works at a college) and brought it to a guy when she couldn't figure out what kind of hard drive to buy for it, and he brought it home with him this weekend to try fix it without getting a new hardrive for it!! We are all hopeing that he will be able to fix it, and everything will still be there. I'm really excited, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up, he is going to give us a call this weekend after he works on it a little bit. Keep your fingers crossed!