new hard drive
The good news is, that I realized very quickly that my computer problems were stemming from a hard drive failure and had it replaced. I even got a back-up done so my games and downloads were saved.
But now that I have my computer back and running again, I've realized that my Sims are gone. I mean, they are on the back-up and I've restored them but I am going to have to re-install all my games again first, aren't I?
And of course, all the rest of my cds are on the other side of the state because I thought I wouldn't need them.