$150 later, I have 80% of the data back. All of my pictures, so far as I can tell, and all of my music. The other stuff still needs verifying, but we are looking good so far!

As you might imagine, Gentle Reader, I went out and bought a really nice enclosure for the replacement drive. Even so, Hambone and I are working out exactly how much travel that new drive should be subjected to.

Me? I'm just happy to have my 30GB of music back. That was a harsh three weeks.