'IF ONLY all wallets were like the NXT wallet i'd be merely inconvenienced etc'
I don't know what that is. Is it like the Bitcoin Electrum wallet? Reconfigures from scratch with some text words.
I'm really sorry to hear about your computer situation. This is the poster situation to forever remind people to always have backups.
Poem for everyone:
EDGAR'S NEW MANTRABEFORE YOU RECEIVE COIN
TO MAKE A WALLET LIVE,
FIRST BACKUP WALLET.DAT
FILE ON YOUR THUMB DRIVE!!!
NOW SHOULD YOU ENCRYPT IT
AND YES THIS YOU SHOULD DO
BACKUP AGAIN AFTER
OR YOU SHALL FEEL LIKE POO.
FINALLY YOUR ADDRESS
SHOULD IT BE MADE ANEW
YOU MUST BACKUP AGAIN
'CAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU.
STACKING A COIN EACH DAY
INFLATION GOES AWAY
YES UNOBTANIUM
IS THE BEST BET TODAY!
(Each time you make a new receive address in your wallet, you need to do another backup, since there's a new private key for your new address. (At least I'm pretty sure that's how it works, right?))