I can't believe it

The hard drive on my laptop is dead. This is where I had an archive of all my digital photos since 2001. Yes, I do have copies elsewhere. Yes, I am still pissed off, royally. I liked how my photos were organized on that computer. And there were some files (not photos) that I don't have backups of. Not important enough to justify paying big $$$ for data recovery. A couple of movies that I downloaded but haven't watched yet. A tiny collection of mp3's. A handful of recipes. So... not what you would call a disaster really, but boy am I kicking myself! I should have been backing EVERYTHING up, not just photos and work stuff.