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Hi Alicat. If you've read Axe0's you see that your HDD has failed. Very sorry. If your looking for a new one, Dell has reconditioned ones on their web site. Many times corporate users buy large orders and then they return some that they don't use. Often they have never been opened. Dell sells them as reconditioned with a new warranty. You might want to check that out.
Bob
A new hdd/ssd costs these days not even $100 and takes not much time to replace with the failing one, if you watch a video about replacing the hdd for your laptop.
A repair shop will always ask for more money than when doing it yourself, the price doesn't only include the replacement itself. There is a lot more looking at why the price is higher.
SSD stands for Solid State Drive, it uses a different technology for the storage providing 2 advantages compared to a HDD
- Faster
- When the laptop falls, there is a very small chance that the SSD damages.
Due to the way SSDs store data, they are better resistant against shocks from dropping a laptop.
You can download a tool from manufacturers like Crucial, Samsung and many more to identify what SSD fits in your laptop.