Oh NO. Are they going to try and retrieve the stuff off your drive?

If they don't have specialists (I am sure they do) I have a tech friend of several decades experience who does data recovery...and it's not the $1,000 job either!

If you can swing it, get a small external backup drive - see if the repair guy can give you a deal.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...9/Default.aspx

Here's a sampling of what they are. Page one here is not listed in price order, so have a boo. Don't even bother with page 2!