menace said:
I would just go ahead and use the new hd just to be safe. You called tech support and all they said was that you killed it? Wow thanks HP, what would I have done without you?
He had a clicking HDD and windows stopped booting. 1+1=2. Without diagnostic software, which Major doesn’t have and didn’t ask for us to give him, there was really not much else they could do.
Back everything up and do a reformat. Pull the spare HDD out when you install Windows, that way you know your install of Windows is clean and you know for a fact which drive it’s installed on.
If you’ll PM which version of Windows you have I’ll send you link to a slipstreamed install DVD I built last month that will decrease the time it takes you to get back up to speed.