Is it worth replacing a hard drive on a 2007 IMAC

Just had my 2007 IMAC to the genius bar and found out that I need to replace the hard drive in order to use it at all (i believe I will not be able to recover anything that was on it). sooooooooo......
Should I have the hard drive removed and recycle the computer?
Should I have the hard drive removed and sell it on ebay?
Should I have the hard drive removed and reolaced in order to use it?

Depends on what you can afford.  If you need to use it for a little while longer get an external, 7200 rpm,  FW 800 hard drive and boot from it till you're ready to get a new iMac.  Then the external HD can be used to restore your files to the new Mac and then can be used for a backup drive.
One of these would be a good candidate: Macsales.com - OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.0/2.0, FireWire 800/400 External Hard Drives
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