Disaster - averted!!

Woo hoo!!! I've literally been dancing up and down lol. Del took out my hard drive and connected it to his computer - and he's managed to get at all my stuff!! So it looks as if it might be the motherboard or something else rather than the hard drive itself - I have to say I don't really mind what it is, they can take it away and repair it (its under guarantee) and all my "treasures" will be safely saved here :-) :-) :-)