Graham, I understood Donuel to say that he did back up, but that for reasons presently unknown the data is not now usable.

And besides that, the loss of the website was not merely the result of a technical glitch, but the malevolent action of the ISP. That's a risk which the normal person doesn't ordinarily contemplate, and I don't believe that contributory negligence (which is the legal name for the doctrine you're describing) applies against malicious acts.

Dave Oesterreich