I tried beating "the computer below" - as suggested.

Now I have a broken hard drive. Any more bright ideas?

Your hard drive was old and needed to be replaced? 

get yourself a good lawyer :)

I presume your computer is on the floor and when you tried beating the (your) computer below you damaged the hard drive, the read/write heads were then misaligned as a result of your jolt.

You are actually blessed to have sustained minor damage on an old drive that eventually needed replacement as it was the only piece that was affected. Buy a new hard drive with a 7G resistance, then your slippers will not do any damage and if you lift it and drop it on the floor, there will be no damage done but to the floor. Caution, do not climb on your rooftop to drop the computer.

Truly CD drives are a lot more sensitive as you can displace the angle of the read head, I guess you where lucky in the process.

Next time you read a message like this be more stoic and avoid the Freudian slip.

Good luck.

Ha, they're improving the spell check.  ("unavaialbe")

Anyway, it's for your own good.  Smash the hard drive and you purge the porn you forgot to erase.  ;)

Sounds like you need a new lawn mower. Here is some nice ones.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/__lawn+mowers+new_W0QQ_dmdZ2?crlp=2096428058_228459_228460&UA=WXI7&GUID=73f6012d11a0a08460d41ec4fffb46e7&keyword=lawn+mowers+new&MT_ID=10&agid=857869568

My advice to you is: don't become a computer technician. (The hard-drive on my lawn-mower is working fine, although the USB-port does tend to get clogged with grass seed during the summer).

 Newer models of lawn-mowers have 2  major upgraded features:

1. They replaced the hard drive by a smooth drive, giving less jolts and erratic unpredictable freezes.

2.They removed the USB port and replaced with a single direct firing cable that allows the sparkplug to act as a pulse plug, melting old and new tech in an increased spark. May be good also for anyone's love life.

It also never gets plugged by grass seeds, but may occasionally get plugged by shad flies, an optional shad fly deflector is available, just ask your dealer. 

 So it's not in top condition. I am more of a Carpenter than a technician.

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