Well, if you had a PCMCIA card with a compact flash it could be there. The programming is on the battery backed up memory. You can back these systems up via a phone and a flash card or PCPRO. Remember, the Aspire MUST have a digital station card in the slot next to the processor to work. If you didn't back it up and the processor is fried you are basically boned. Hopefully your intramail will still work.