OK, so I'm still on Rainwife's laptop because my PC's having HD trouble. I wanted to clear it out and set the whole system again, but while making partitions (I want a dual boot) it read an error. Seems like the HD is damaged, so I'm getting a new one.

Any suggestions?

check your ram as well
I once replaced a harddisk.
(gave errors during formatting)

there was nothing wrong with the hd. It was the ram...

Unfortunately it is the HD (I had the RAM checked out now - my neighbour has a PC repair shop).

I just hate the fact I lost so much DATA :wall:

Look It's happened to me twice I know how you feel. (not on this pc) my old one failed just as I was gonna transfer the data to my new pc.

I recomend SeaGate. i have two 160 Gb And striped them together to make them faster then they work as one and are shown a a 320gb harddrive.

I have a 160GB SeaGate, I find it hard to use all the space... :P

Tsk thats not so hard ......

Yeah segate and maxtor are good.

well if lost data were too rare and you have enough money, you should contact some data recovery association. we have one in slovakia, but i dont know if it helps you, since you live in slovenia=]
but you will surely have some too

btw i found article on one of those assotiations site that might interest you

Yeah thats what I did (stupid $200 fee) in New Zealand.