Cheers guys.
Wray, I am the walking talking proof that nothing lasts forever.
Especially when it comes to laptop technology.
I did read up on it after posting here.
You're right about upgrading sizes, hardware has to be the same to fit the laptops small case and plug in correctly.
This hardware however, was brand new out of the box. 500GB Hard drive.
Less than two months old, I expected more than this from it.
If it works for 5 years that would be SICK. At this point I would take 1 year with my track record.
I really can't afford one of those badass desktops as much as I would like to have one.
Here's the journey, hoping it helps determine my issue;
Brand new laptop, took it out of box. Installed windows 8.
It was clunky at first but I made it suffice by removing unwanted programs and stopping start up programs.
It was still not my favorite interface for an OS but it was working!
One day the laptop shuts off by itself.
Turn it back on. Get an error screen, files corrupted.
I can't use advanced settings, recovery mode or boot in safe mode.
Completely locked out, so what do I do? I attempt to install a fresh OS.
Much error, less trial ended up removing windows entirely thinking Maybe these files are all the trouble.
The OS Partioning Fails. Have to hard shut down.
Now when I boot up I get a toshiba logo and it won't even see my bootable media.
The hard drive makes a clicking noise like a clock.
It would also click while in the OS install before telling me it had failed for one of many reasons.
Most common "The Drive/files are read only."
Maybe I fucked up at the end here, but what choice did I have?