Can anyone tell me if I can retrieve lost YIM message archives from my hard drive??? Last night my hard drive was "erased" & everything was reinstalled. I've had no problem with Yahoo e-mail & old e-mails, but with YIM I was upgraded to the 8.0 version & had been using the 7.5. Like an idiot I didn't realize I had to save my archived IM's. I assumed it would be like the old e-mails & still be available. They aren't. I'm willing to try data recovery, but would like to know if it's even possible to retrieve them. I've tried contacting Yahoo by e-mail & it was useless. I'll try the phone #'s now that I've found them.

This is like losing a yrs. worth of letters & conversations from a loved one. Please help if anyone has ideas.