Its at times like this your thankful it is a desktop computer and not a
portable.
Thinking positively, this is an opportunity to get a keyboard with a bunch
of bells and whistles.

About a year and a half ago I had a netbook system board go bad. The cost
of replacement was a substantial part of the cost of a new one. I did
manage to salvage the hard drive and put it into an external USB SATA case
so I didn't loose any data.

I myself would like to have a keybd with USB ports and volume controls.