well my computer crapped out on me

[Dj panda]

yeah its hard drive crashed and ive tried fixing it myself using the programs on it but its no use ill try to get an other new one quickly if all fails.

- Kitten Panda

[ZERO]

You could just get a new HDD... in the future you may want to run RAID so that you have a live backup at all times.

[Dj panda]

I was going to do my backup today, well guess what!!! IT doesnt want me to and before i woke up this morning it crapped out

btw is RAID free or 0.o

EDIT~! Umm also what HDD should i be looking for like what spefic brand, if there is a good one.
Also im using a HP Laptop.

[StarsMine]

2.5 inch HDD (unless its a netbook then 1.8), no need for a specific brand. yea raid is free, although you need two HDD to do it, and I dont think you can do that with your HP, your other choice would be to always have a bare metal backup, I have made a few of those. quite nice.

[Dj panda]

Software re installation is failing , seems like some other people are experincing the same. Oh well guess my computer is going to R.I.P. XD Was a good computer for what i used it for

I know i could get a new HDD but to get it installed and everything costs money that i could buy a new computer for :/ From what ive seen.

[StarsMine]

our 5 year old HP finnaly craped out, though the HDD still works fine. Didnt expect it to last much longer, it would idle a 75 degrees , even after getting as much dust out we could.

[Dj panda]

So apperantley hitting the harddrive on a desk makes it work again. But now my back up disk is stuck at 4% because of this damn file named

C:\System Recovery Files\2011-04-15 074044\Program Files (x86)\HP...\explode.ogg

anyone know how to fix this damn thing:/ help is appreciated