On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:06:50 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

As it
happens, I did have two drives in my computer, at the point that I
downloaded the malware (pretending to be XP service pack 3). I lost both
drives. One was able to reformat, the other was not. Both drives, the
data was all lost. Looking back, I ought have disconnected the F drive,
and kept the data safe.

You ought to have gotten your service pack from microsoft.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389