It's working now, but I now have the un fun task of regaining my music collection, rebuilding my favorites, and tweeking with it so that stupid sounds don't play everytime I do something on here. Viruses suck!
My Maxtor 30GB died on me last spring when it was only a year old, that was a HUGE drag. But, since it was less than 3 years old, they replaced it for me, AND since they didn't make 30GB drives anymore, I got a 40GB drive as a replacement. So it all worked out okay in the end, though I'd still rather not have had it die on me to begin with.