I just want to make sure.....

I know little to none about how computers work. And now mine does not. I called a shop and it's big money just to look at it. I asked a friend and he says there is no hope. I have a Satellite A/135 S2386 Series Toshiba laptop. I got an error message that the display driver was not working and then it would work again. Then the next time I turned the laptop on...the hard disk drive light does not come on and I get nothing. The power light is on, the on/off light is on, the battery light is on...the wireless indicator light won't come on.
So here's the question. Is my hard drive damanged and is it time to get another laptop?
I feel I am submitting my question to the brain trust. Any advice you will offer, I will greatly appreciate.

it sounds like it is more than just your hdd. thats an easy fix. since your problems are on and off and all over the place i would think it may be the motherboard going bad. you can try to do a system restore and see if that will help. hold down zero (above P) during boot and see if it will let you do the recovery. you can try to order recovery media here. and try that but this may not help if it is the motherboard and in that case it will be cheaper to just buy a new one.
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