So the reinstall is going well, and I get to the point where I want to pull all of my email off of my backup. I think my email is really the only significant thing that I lost... as I said earlier, all of my data was on a different drive anyway.

My email has a lot of info and registrations that I need to continue, and also to make my machine "feel like home".

So to start to restore from my backup, I have to reinstall my backup software. No problem. I start it up. It needs a license code to run. Also no problem. I am very organized (read "OCD") so I have all of these important codes on a printout in my drawer. Enter the code. Error message "this license code is for an earlier version" so I check through all of my stuff... both my lists on the hard drive and my printed list. No other codes saved. So you know where my license code for the backup software is? It is stored safely in my email, which is backed up. But I can't restore the backup without the code.

I am a idiot.

I emailed customer service to see if they can help me. Like Carrie, "They're all gonna laugh at me" This is going to hold me up until I hear back from them.

Son of a B____!!!!!!!