Sorry to hear your news bloonoo. I use Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com/) to back up all my photographs, business and personal files. Before this I used an external hard drive and left it at a friends like a spare set of keys. My office on Gowlett Road got burgled over this xmas and this allowed me to start again with no data lost when my new computer arrived. I know no consolation to you now bloonoo, but anyone reading this who has not backed up there photos and files PLEASE DO IT. You will be gutted if the worst happens.