Retrieve on Not?

Today, November 17, 2008, the Geek Squad headquarters informed me that they found many files on my damaged external hard drive,ad the cost of retrieving them would be $350.  Now I’m wondering if t’s worth it to get back my files, especially the e-mails.  They also mentioned a folder I had forgotten about: the unfinished thesis for the Masters in Public Health Prgoram that I had quit at SDSU.  I’m not sure if the files for my unfinished thesis are important.  They might have some information I could use, but I haven’t touched them for a long time.  Then if I get all the anime and manga files back I wouldn’t have to redownload them.  They will give me until Wednesday to decide.  I wonder if all that is worth $350.

Tonight, my parents informed me of some things my brother mentioned when they told him about my computer problems and possibly having to get it fixed.  He asked "Why does the computer have so many problems that it needs to be fixed so often?" He also told them something he said to me in an e-mail.  He said that he couldn’t understand why I get so many viruses when he almost never gets them, and that I shouldn’t need security programs because they just slow down the computer.  Both he and my parents also said that I shouldn’t be getting viruses and Spyware if I don’t visit so many different websites.  With those words, they were indirectly saying I’m stupid and irresponsible. Do not rub it in any further! I know I have been dumb and irresponsible to search for things and go to various websites and communities for information and downloads.