Two questions

[ChibyMethos]

When I first got zomgpetz, I was forced to reload all the EP. Knowing that my sims were doomed, I pulled out the character files for their hoods. With the help of SIMPE, I have since recovered the missing sims' files.
Can i put them back into the gave without FUBARing it?

Also, my monitor is dying. Any ideas for a replacement under $200?

[Tigerlilley]

im not sure what country your from but here you can get a AG Neovo 17" LCD for $300 NZ.
Which is like $150american i think.

[miros]

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "pulled out their character files."  Do you mean you copied the UserXXXX.package files to another location on your hard drive?  If so, I'm not sure.

In the future, if you intend to uninstall and reinstall, go to My Documents/EA Games.  Rename the folder The Sims 2 to anything else, The Sims 2 protected from the uninstaller.  Once your game has at least as many of the expansion packs as it had before the uninstall, you can simply delete the new The Sims 2 folder and replace yours.