So tonight I was treated to my HDD making a lovely "Click click WHIRRRRRrrr.......whiRRRRRrrrRRRRR........." sound. *lower case being quieter and periods silence"
The poor thing after almost 10years of service has finally taken it's final revolution.
Good: My OS and all my important stuff are on a different HDD.
Bad: FFXI and about 100gb of Music, Movies, and Photos are now toast.
Really Good: I got a 1 TB HDD out of the deal. tyvm 24hour wal-mart.
oh yeah this was at about 2am EDT.
I'll update, for those that care, exactly how long a complete re-install of FFXI takes.