After weeks of waiting, Ive got the info Ive been dreading- my hard drive is dead. EVERYTHING on my laptop is irretrievable, 10,000 photos, 3,000 songs, over 100 videos including from a trip overseas, my journal for the last 3 years, all my old study notes and information. I cant get any of it back. And its hit me really hard guys. Photos from my birthday were on there, everything. I know someone is bound to say 'Well you should have backed it all up', and some of it was. But backing up 100GB isnt cheap, and I dont have a burner for dvds to save my videos. Im absolutely gutted right now, I just jumped back in bed to spend my day crying instead. Maybe some sleeping. My laptop was all I had to keep me sane and now its all gone. My grandparents said they would get a new hard drive installed but whats the point when there isnt anything on there.