There were no valuable personal files on the one I brought in for the co worker, only on the one that I was using, and most of what was important to me was music files.
I guess it's the thanks you get for being nice. Like I said, this company was in financial trouble for years, which is the reason I lost my job, and the reason I decided to be nice and bring my own computer instead of costing them $400 for a new one of their own. I pretty much ran the company for the last 5 years since the owner died and was put in charge of making most of the decisions, and I felt this was in the company's best interest, much like the 2 pay cuts I took and the Christmas bonus that I gave back. No good deed goes unpunished.

