Oops, I did it again.
Sigh. Yes, I lost my computer data without any backup. Not a clue what was originally wrong, tried to fix it myself and on the cheap and ended up making it worse.
I'm back, with a new internet security program and a stack of CDs with old data, but it's left me rather bummed.
FYI, if you have never emailed me at my gmail.com account (or received mail from me at that address) then I have lost your email address.