Kenny, I recently experienced a hard disk crash (lost digital photos). There are several companies that can recover data from hard drives that have "died." I can forward you the name and contact info of the company that recovered my lost data if you wish. I should think it is a better alternative than recreating the data. One last point, I learned a very hard lesson about the importance of making backup copies of your important digital files. [Sorry if this is a little bit off topic but it is an important point to be made, none-the-less.] -Neil