Undertowners!
I'd forgotten how much fun it is (not) when you have to re-install your operating system. I spent several days working with the drive, but couldn't get it to re-boot. I then took it out of the tower and used a USB/ATA adapter to hook it to my wife's laptop, but it wasn't recognized. Bottom line for those who don't do this regularly -- the drive is hosed.
I went to my local Staples and bought a new, larger drive. But that means I have to re-install everything from the ground up. I'm currently in that process, but between OS, driver, and application installs and updates, it's going to be a while before my computer is back online. I'm sorry for the continued delay folks.
The good news in all of this is that 1) I have a new hard drive, and it's larger, and 2) I still have the old hard drive so I can continue to try to get the data off it. Who knows, I may even succeed!
The best news, though, is that I actually did back up some of my folders to a USB stick back in March, and as you all know I have most of the Dresden Files RPG stuff out on the MediaFire site. So all is not lost.
I'll let you know when I'm back online.
Mij