Yeah - backups, for sure. And printing. And emailing to oneself. You can even create a whole separate email account just for that purpose. Flash drives, external hard drives, safes, floppies even... I mean, come on.

See this is exactly why you should save your stuff on a flash drive or something

I believe you can still get it back if you do a system restore - I believe this returns all files to how they were on a specific date. Don't take my word for it, but it's better to check than to sit around feeling like shit.

i think you should put his name down, for the human depopulation list.

Another learning experience. There's a reason why businesses invest so much time and money in back-up technology. If you are doing any work on your own PC that you would be devastated to lose, take regular back-ups. If you don't want to buy a commercial package you could simply burn your working folder onto a CD every week. You can always re-install software, it's the data you created that you need to save.

YDI for being so idiotic you didn't back any of it up.

If i was you i would just punch your brother until he gets the message, get a baseball bat or brass knuckles if you have to!

What a dick....

To all those saying "maybe the OP did back it up"; it doesn't count as a backup if it's on the SAME COMPUTER. There's no reason not to have a dirt cheap USB memory stick on your keychain and keep a copy on there.

oh man, that sucks so hard. your brother's a moron. may I suggest never talking to him again? and everyone who clicked YDI are assholes.