It's actually funny how the HDD Crash happened. I was getting real interesting' sector errors, and my OS kept crashing like nobody's business. After one particular crash, I rebooted and happened to notice that my recycle bin was full.

Mind you, I'm a nosy sort, and couldn't recall deleting anything. So I went in, and what should be there but...

'Windows.'

Now, you're probably thinking 'haha yeah right', because that's what I was thinking too. And then I emptied it.

Computer froze again a few hours later, so I hard-reset. But where I expected my ultra-shiny Matrix Loading Screen to appear, I got a long list of errors, and the disappearance of my OS.

Tried to do a reformat, but got the most serious HECK NO ever.

The HDD was probably repairable, but it was only a 40gigger anyway, and I needed m'self a larger drive. So it was off to Craigslist, to purchase another one.