There is no later. This is later.

I hate finding all my bookmarks again.

I love, however, having the laptop back.  My precious.

I've been told that about 2G of the hard drive was recovered, including photos and videos that have now been burned to DVD.  So I have some hope.  A lot of hope. 

Only it sucks having to pay for a new hard drive in a laptop we've had less than 4 months.  The shop who sold it said, "Sorry, but...."  Figures. 

Laptop should be returned to us soonish.  Hoping to post photos soon.  I'm getting all backed up again.

Operating system not found.

Press panic NOW.

Mexico photos, if you ever come back to me I will love you and pet you and call you George and make backup CDs immediately.  If they are gone, I suppose I will become a Buddhist, because that's the only way I can think of coping with such a tremendous loss of material goods.

I Googled the Phrase of Utter Doom and found that I can try to repair it with the XP installation CD, which I don't have!  The guy who sold me the Piece of Shite is going to get a phone call in the am. 

WTF?!?!?!