Just lost a terrabyte drive

I just lost a terabyte drive because of a cheap, usb to ide/ide2.5/sata connector. In the past I have had good luck with these, but this one was extremely shoddily mad and a bad connection was made. You could smell the drive cooking. I was working on a robotic web interface when this happened. That will be delayed until I can figure out what all is lost, and how I will cope. I also lost all my iTunes purchased music and will let you know if they give me my music back.