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Its SATA. Yeah ha ha i didnt backup because the laptops only 4 months old. I use a ubuntu live USB and everything works fine. I tried repairing from Windows 7 CD but its stuck at 'Finding windows installation' or somethinAnother method is to use the XP Repair if it's XP from Windows, fix the Master Boot Record, something like that, pressing F8, see if you can boot up in a SAFE mode, then run antivirus. It's best you have the AV ware installed already, if not, when connecting to a good working system (drive) move a program to root out Malware to that via the working computer platform g like that. I think its malware that caused my HDD to fail. I was randomly redirected to sites whenever i clicked something in Google Search. I tried Malwarebytes Pro, It said it was deleted but when i restarted, it was back again. And yes, i booted from Safe Mode