Hello

I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop which I bought in november 2005. My problem is that i cant boot  the harddisk, and the Dell Diagnostics tells me, that there is problem with my harddrive. The results of the scan of my harddrive is the following Error code 0f00:0248 msg block 7369472 target drive abortet the command.

My question is, can i save my data on the harddrive, and can it be a virus or is the harddrive dead.  My last question should i buy a new harddrive or are they too expensive?

Thanks in advance

Best Regards

Magnus