thankyou so much and sorry it took so long to get back but i just got a new hdd and a external dvd writer but i have a problem getting it to install it says; Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19) , i tried it on another pc and it worked just fine.So if you can tell me what is going on here i would be extatic.i need the external dvd writer to burn a system image so i can install the new HDD then boot up with the disc and im going to make a backup with the dvds to.if theres any way please let me know.
P.S. i am getting an enclosure for my internal HDD to make it a external HDD in the next few days,so if you can make a suggestion on how to proceed that would be awesome.the HDD is a SATA II 7200RPM travelstar.