After many trial and errors I've come to the conclusion that the hard drive was not my original problem. After a couple of lock ups during my installation, I have been able to format the disk and install windows. But then i still get the freezing/lock up after computing for 5 minutes (or maybe 30 minutes, or maybe an hour.) It seems very random.
I'm lost and Hp is no help. Some one anyone have an idea of what to do? I guess I need to either get a new (non hp) laptop, or pay someone a couple of hundred dollars to bring this POS back to life?
Chris