I was told by the tech guys at St. Bonaventure that the cd drive can be fixed… i dont have the time to take it apart and look at it. Yes the hard drive is shot… its the original so it held up for 2 1/2 years. I do have a brand new one though.
I do have a old school 4x external cd-rw…iomega I believe, that I will toss in too