My sewing space is small and I take several BOM and have alot of patterns. I'm scanning in all patterns and making a CD for them. If you take your pc to Best Buy or a place like that they should be able to get your stuff off of it for you. All shouldn't be lost; just needs to be restored. If you get another pc they can transfer it to the new one and then you can back it up. Good luck and don't give up hope.