Donnie, you'just received the painful lesson that we all receive at some time: Back up your data! It doesn't matter where the data is stored, if it's important to you (ie you don't want to lose it) then you have to back it up. While you may be feeling the loss of this data, take away the lesson to have your own backups.
Even my wife drummed into our two daughters: be good, practice safe sex and back up your laptops!
