Sorry about your hard drive @Tfmonkey I had the same thing happen to me after lightning struck my laptop.
I would highly recommend getting a second hard drive and setting it to auto-backup your stuff periodically.
https://pureinfotech.com/create-automatic-file-backup-windows-10/
You could also use the cloud but:
1. Local storage is cheaper
2. I don't trust big tech with my data
@basedbagel yeah, I'll look into a cheap back up.
