My recorder just fired me! :~(

I encountered some kind of bad lazy luck today. Yes, lazy luck. It is bad lazy luck so meaning it is not good. My lousy grumpy DVD recorder just gave me a big boot! The scrap is still kicking. All because of my laziness. This is all my own fault. I recorded tons of clips of cartoons and some shows like Mask Riders and Battlestar Galactica. I usually dub them onto DVDs and erased them to release space on the recorder. For some bad timing that scrap just hung with error messages on the TV. I have to restart the recoreder and all my clips and shows are gone.... Now I cannot finish my Mask Rider shows. All because of my own laziness. In a way maybe it is a blessing. There are too many clips that I don't remember what I save them for. Some for my pokemon website I guess. Now it is all gone I guess I have to turn to youtube or hope that there will be a repeat telecast of Mask Rider. Maybe this will be another reason I will go hunt for a new recorder. The same lesson to be apply on the PC. I am doing it now, before my harddisk decided to fire me forever..... :S