Hey Bob, Sorry that you are having this trouble. The best thing you can do to ensure the speediest, safest result is to take it to a computer tech if you have someone you know. They can help get you sorted and back on the right track and can help you set up a backup system, as well. Your documents may not be lost - it could be any number of things. Having a backup system that regularly and automatically backs up your files is always a good idea, but the moment after you might have lost documents is not the greatest time in the world to be hearing that stuff. Do what you can, get back on track and then you can set up something to take care of that. When that time comes, you may want to take a look at something like http://www.carbonite.com, which I am looking at myself. Best of luck! Thanks, Patrick