Satellite T130 - Stuck on loading screen - new hard drive needed

After a message on screen saying back up your hard drive it will fail soon and pressing F1 it then seems to get stuck on the loading screen. I am not too clever with computers. Do I need to simply buy a new hard drive to get the laptop working again or is it far more complicated than that. My guess is the latter.
Thanks in advance for any help given

The first question is: have you created recovery media (USB stick)?
If not do it so long your HDD is working OK. original recovery image is saved on HDD but you must have it as USB back-up that you can use for installation if HDD must be replaced.
Do it as soon as possible. More about that you can read in users manuals.
What to do with HDD? In my opinion so long it works there is no reason for panic. Use your notebook as usual. If you will notice some performance problems or more and more error messages I think you should replace it.
HDD replacement should not be so problematic. HDD cover must be placed at the bottom side of your notebook. The smaller one is for RAM and bigger one must be for HDD. Check it out.
Before you do anything remove battery and disconnect your notebook from AC adapter.
If you don't have experience with this stuff please don't makes some risky steps. You can damage something.

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