No I can't do anything on the box remotely, the NIC interface just doesn't come online.
I have been playing around with it for a little bit and found the config for eth0 under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 which is configured as below
DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=192.168.1.42
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
Guessing I may have broken something as when I run ifconfig I get the following message now
ifconfig: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
Looking under /etc/sysconfig/networking I only have the file ifcfg-lo and not sure if I should have a file there for eth0 or not?
Anyone with a better understanding of this would be much appreciate, I just want to get my files off so I can rebuild the thing now.