Hard Drive Failed - Lost EVERYTHING!

[hyperasus]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

I had one fail as well. It was quite odd though. I think the motherboard and/or processor failed, causing the hard drive to fail. The hard drive was so hot it started to melt the plastic on the bottom of it.

That sounds like a power supply failure to me. Those buggers can take the whole pc with them. Power supply is the most under estimated component in your computer.