I can't believe it's all gone...

I've recently been self-convinced to switch to 64-bit Win7 to make the most out of the hardware I have on this PC. (Considering it sucks that 32-bit OSs even have a max RAM limit of 3.4 GB)

So a few hours later, I've finally reformatted. Great. 64-bit Windows 7, my RAM finally shows up as 4.00GB rather than 3.4. Awesome. I proceed to move all the stuff I've backed up back to the main hard drive.

Or so I thought I backed everything up.

I was done moving everything else, then I get to where I thought I backed up all of my pictures, and as it turned out, the folder which I thought I backed up all my pictures in was completely empty. I just sat there for 5 minutes straight in complete shock. I ended up forgetting to back up the pictures the entire time before proceeding to format+install 64-bit Windows7.

So now I'm in a complete stump where I can't do anything about it and it's tearing me apart knowing I can't get any of those pictures back.
All the pictures I've taken.
All the pictures I've saved up.
All the memories I've cherished.

3 years worth of all that is gone because I forgot to do one simple task.

FML. For the past week, nothing has gone right so far. I feel I should just end it all.