The hard drive was only a year and a half old its and IBM Deskstar 82.3Gb...
oh and the age of my computer.. Hmmm really it is nay(
<---- Nay ???? lol sorry about this I am really trying to inprove my typing 
I ment to say about ) 5-2 years old I bult it from other computer so some of it is old and some of it is older.
The motherboard and CPU I bought at the same time and that was a two years ago.
and thanks for the info I might look into it.
sure i got a new HD .... a blank one! i really miss my MP3s i have 1/3 of them on CD but no of my new ones :(