Hard drive failure after dwnldng 10.8.2.

After the update installed my MBP (2012, 13" base model, not retina display) tried to reboot, but instead of getting the Apple logo when booting up, I got a blinking folder with a question mark (AKA hard drive fried). Got a new hard drive, but I'm afraid to do the update now. Has anyone else had this problem?

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