Yep. In the modifier stack open scatter, click on operands, in the operands menu click on the object (notice your modifier list changes), click extract operand. It will spit out a copy as it was when you added it, modifiers and all. So if you had an edit poly object with turbosmooth on top, it will be that way when you…
Quickly check and see your Autobak files in My Document / Max, you might have access to an older version of the file, that saved itself right before the scatter collapse. Also, for the scatter thing, don't use any modifiers, instead use the Ribbon tool (there should be a brush that allows you 'scatter' a copy of a model…