Oldfart, I hope you had back ups! In my PC, there are two 1Tb hard drives and the system automatically backs up from the C drive to the other. If either drive fails, I get a warning and it is almost just a case of slotting in a replacement and then everything transfers over again.

All photos on the Lap Top are transferred to the PC via another 1Tb portable hard drive and there are another 4 portable 1Tb hard drives for back ups of Car; Family; Travel; Business, Music and Video!

There are also some important data files on 'Dropbox', accessible from any PC anywhere, even if the house is destroyed. Reminds me. I must store one major back up drive off site!

Hope you haven't actually 'lost' anything.