Time to think of getting Carbonite.com on the phone. "Hey, yea, this is Bob at the University? I was wondering what your starter package ran. It seems, you'll think this is funny, it seems I have accidentally deleted proof the world is gonna fry. Kind of embarrassing you can guess when the data was kind of needed to institute a one world government. Look, I'm getting a little heat over the whole thing, no pun intended. I was wondering if I could use the online coupon?..."
I sure hope that investigation will consider criminal charges.