So I had just finished my essay, ran off to play some more Dragon Age II for an hour or so and then the screen turned black. The light blinked yellow, followed by it blinking red repeatedly and refusing to start up again. 
 
By some miracle my fiancée managed to get the disc out (yay?) but now I'm at a loss. Is it even worth trying to get it repaired? There are plenty of PS2/PS games I own that I still want to play every now and then. I was real happy to have a backward compatible system. I had replaced the hard drive with a 500 GB one so I would never have to worry about running out of space, kept all the demos and trailers I downloaded and also had a couple of movies and some photos on there. 
 
Man, I'm so bummed. I don't know what to do now. Me and my fiancée are both students so our economy isn't that great. I have a PC that can run most modern games at low settings, but...all my saves!! What a nightmare...
 
What would you do in my situation? Any advice? =(