i had installed a new harddrive on my pc just a few weeks before a lightning storm apparently fried my surge protector. we noticed a burning plastic-like smell, and the "protecting" link was blinking red. the computer no longer booted into windows, either, and when i tried to reinstall, it said the harddrive was nonexistant.
so can i just buy another harddrive and install it? or should i be concerned about other problems, as well? it's been months since it broke, but i haven't had the extra money. now i do, but i don't want to spend it on a harddrive, only to have the computer still not work. i don't have enough money to put much more than a new harddrive into repairing it.
