My poor lil' computer got fried during a thunderstorm. I took it to MicroCenter last night... and the guy who checked it in basically said that there was nothing they could do to fix it, but that they could retrieve the data for me... So I signed the form and forked over $75.
Today, after the tech checked it out, it turned out that my modem was shot so they replaced it ($20), and now my computer is almost as good as new. All for under $100...