Installed Linux on my laptop - impressions

[Khuutra]

Soleron said:

Khuutra said:

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Aw nutbunnies. I tried to resize, and am unable to do so using the partition editor. So I look up the information on my disk because there's bound to be some clue in here, and I get this:

Warning:
[jargon jibber jargon]

Current volume size: 118518026752 byts (118519 MB)
Current device Size: 118518027264 (118519 MB)
ERROR: Hopeless many bad sectors has been detected!

WARNING: The disk has many bad sectors. This means physical damage on the disk surface cause by deterioration, manufacturing faults or other reason. We suggest to get a replacement disk as soon as possible.

I sureh ope this is something I can just fix with canned air...

That's why the option to resize didn't appear... Better you found that out before the drive died! Back up all of your data.

Crap.

What are my options for a replacement drive in a Dell laptop?