aaahahaha this same thing happened to me... the day i was supposed to take my ppl checkride, i couldn't find my written anywhere(which i had taken like 3 months prior)....

so I just took it again on the spot, there was no way I was going to miss my checkride. heh. I got a 89% the 2nd time, but not horrible for not having studied in 3 months.

anyway, yeah I think you can get one for like $4 or something weird like that. but i heard it takes forever to get a copy...