whew

i only lost a couple of gigs.. but thank goodness i backuped 99% of my photo stuff.. yikes.. the recovery yielded only a bunch of stuff.. this all started when i wanted to do a fresh install of everything and install a new 300gig HD w/ another stick of ram.. incidentally, i backuped some stuff, but lost my most recent day of shooting.. oh well. funny enough, i bought a book on photography storage, etc.. it's called "the DAM book" (digital asset management for photographers).. intersting read, and it's setting me on the path of best practises for naming/meta tags/storage, etc.. should be good as i ramp up more gigs/work.