My factory HDD has crashed. Very soon after getting "imminent HD failure" it went down. Now windows 7 will not boot and I can barely get into BIOS. Tried the factory reset, but it could not complete. So I'm pretty much convinced its shot. That being said, I've ordered a new HDD as same as the one that came with it from the factory. Like a dummy, I never made a recovery disk. The new HDD is blank. Acer has a eRecovery disk for $20 and it comes specific to the SNID #. It says it will restore programs, drivers, and O/S specific to my computer. My only reservation is that I'm unsure if it will work on a new HDD. Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.