Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Yes, it shouldn't be too hard to replace the drive.
Being focused on hacking, I'd try to find a writable drive (preferably DVD and CD writable, but DVD read and CD write could be acceptable).
Great to hear that you have troubleshooted the problem.
"Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
