So, any geeks out there?

So, anyone have a favorite backup/recovery plan? I just lost 2 terrabyte drives and they took the other 2 with them (all satas). For some reason, the usb drives went out as well and took the drivers for the 2 other tb drives with them. I know the 2 drives still have their data intact (used a sata to usb adapter on my XP and linux boxes, but the 2 that started the mess are not spining up. Any suggections other than a total rebuild? The system is a gateway with 8 gb ram, HAD 7 tb storage, and a quadcore processor, with vista media center that serves (served?) the media for the entire house, and tivos everything. Thanks for taking the time to listen to me whine :P /sigh

Diana