Laptop Down

My IBM thinkpad died unexpectedly today. I am trying to find out whether I have any chance of warranty fixes or at lest data rescue--I've lost my novel. I haven't backed up since 3 November. My 12000+ words of nanowrimo writing are gone. All the files I'd been stockpiling for DH's company are gone. Only a few PDF copies remain on DH's computer.

This is writtenfrom DH's netbook. No voice. So I will be pretty AWOL until we figure something out.

I am also without e-mail addresses and other things from my system, so this is why some people I really wish I could write back to (like the nice woman I met through nanowrimo who lives in Denmark) won't hear from me. :-(

Sam, if you're out there, I need your address! I lost that too. :-(