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Oh man, I hate losing code. Last time it happened I spent more time trying to recover it than it would've taken to rewrite it.
You can't just... replace your baby, man!
On the contrary! I found out that a rewrite from scratch leads to much better code and abstractions, as you understand the problem space better. (On the other hand, beware of http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/second-system-effect.html)