Sorry to hear that rad I doubt it's anything to do with the water splash, hard drives are usually pretty well hidden in laptops. Could just have gone to heaven as they do sometimes.

If you are really desperate to recover your files, there are people out there who do this for a living, do a quick search on the web Will cost between £100 and £300.

Bit of advice for everyone... Get a 300Gb external hard drive, or bigger. They're only pennies these days.

And backup regularly Digital photography is great... until you loose all your files