Hard disc, hard luck.

It was just as well we ran on Thursday as the computer problem proved to be more serious than at first thought. All attempts to solve the problem failed. We were able to remove the Hard Drive and save the contents to another computer which means I have been able to save all of my writing. We then ran the recovery disc that took it back to factory settings. This wiped the Hard Drive of all the documents and Software that was on it. We reloaded Internet Explorer but despite repeated efforts it comes up with error messages. The computer is a few years old and is running XP which may be the root of the problem. It is very time consuming and frustrating. Not sure if it can be fixed or whether it will mean buying a new one which we can ill afford.
Come hell or high water we will go for a run tomorrow just to get away from the computer.