I checked the HP web site for your PC (see first source link below), and you have a 200GB SATA drive. Good news: That's the simplest type to replace. HP also provides hard drive replacement instructions (second source link below).
For a replacement, check PriceWatch (third source link below). I've have good luck with Western Digital brand drives, and they have an easy-to-use return system if anything like this happens in the future. For their 250GB SATA drive, enter "WD2500 New" as a PriceWatch search term. Right now, you can get one for $77 including shipping.
If you don't like shopping on-line, try a retail store like Circuit City (again, easy returns make this my top pick), Best Buy, Staples, or Office Depot. Note these stores also have on-line shopping so you can compare prices before selecting a store.
This is not a lost cause, and replacing a hard drive isn't that tough once you get started. For SATA drives like yours, it's just a small connector for the data cable and another for power. Just move them from the old drive to the new one. Then you'll have to re-install the Windows operating system, but this is straightforward also. Contact HP if you don't have the installation disks. You can find the Windows license key (needed during installation) on the Cerficate Of Authenticity (COA) sticker on your PC case.
Good luck!
2007-05-10 05:11:06
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answered by Herbert M 2
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Computers are never a lost cause. If you've not made recovery disks then the data and everything else on the disk is lost... the license key for XP will be on the case (won't it?) but any other keys for stuff that HP installed will be lost. You'll have to buy a new disk (the bigger the better...) and find a matching copy of Windows XP. All you need is the CD... look on eBay, you may even find someone selling the right recovery disk set.
You can download most of the drivers and non-licensed software for your pC from HP's website.
But you might have to buy other software... like Nero or the DVD player
2007-05-10 05:08:17
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answered by bambamitsdead 6
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All is not lost. Contact HP ant tell them that "their" hard drive has died and that you have lost the "Restore" partition. They can supply you with disks to replace your system. They will want to know the Ser# and the Model#, etc. There may be some cost involved. Concerning a new hard drive, any make or size should work. Your only concern is weather your drive is IDE (wide flat cable) or SATA (small narrow cable).
2007-05-10 05:06:26
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answered by Ron M 7
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you do no longer let us know how super your C: tension is, because of the fact the D: tension is in elementary terms a partition on a similar tension. Like each and every person else has stated, D: is the restoration partition (fix to production facility defaults), once you first booted up your laptop once you first have been given it, you have been in all hazard triggered with a message approximately coming up a set of restoration disks. in case you probably did no longer try this, do so now, as you will desire them in case you opt to swap your no longer ordinary tension, because of the fact the abode windows OS installer, your drivers and different apps that got here with your pc stay on the D: tension in a compressed format. do no longer format this tension or replace it till you have made an entire restoration set.
2016-11-27 00:14:44
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answered by Anonymous
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buy a new hd then install os then try to see if you can still recover your files from your old hd
-istead of buying 1 very large capacity hd buy 2 hd and use one as a back-up
2007-05-10 05:04:13
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answered by Anonymous
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buy the biggest and fastest you ca afford
2007-05-10 04:59:54
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answered by David S 4
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http://www.bizrate.com/harddrives/buying_guides/prices.html
2007-05-10 05:10:21
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answered by Gone Fishing 4
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