Macbook Pro not charging... help please!

I have a refurbished 2011 macbook pro i bought about 5 months ago. The problem is that one day I went to plug in my external firewire hard drive and my laptop (which wasn't pluged in at the time) inexplicably shut off. I can only get it to turn on if the power cord is plugged in, but the battery doesn't charge, i just get the "(Not Charging)" status on my battery. As soon as I unplug the power the laptop shuts off never to turn on again until I plug it back in. I have no idea what to do about it. I'm a college student so I kind of need a computer that I can take with me, and right now my macbook might as well be a desktop.

You need to take it to an Apple Genius Bar or Apple Authorized Repair Center and have it fixed. You have a 1 year warranty that covers such problems. There is nothing the user can do to fix this. Sounds like the battery has gone bad. Which is NOT user replaceable.

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