Burnt
I went to install Acronis True Image Home 2009, which I had used before on an XP machine. However, this time during the Vista 64 installation it asked me if I wanted to create an Acronis Secure Zone. I said yes, and it started to change my partitioning to add one for itself. After it finished, it came up with "Operation error: free block count too big." At that point I tried to reboot and found that I didn't have an operating system.
The Acronis tech support people told me I had a corrupted Master Boot Record, and to use my Vista disc to get it back. I realized too late that the OEM version didn't have a repair facility. By that time I had gone past the point of no return and lost all my data. I had most of my critical data backed up online thought Quicken Backup (used to be @backup). But I did lose a lot of video files that I had taken.
So instead of saving me, this software burnt me.

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