Windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer

Hello,
I realize there are other threads with this error, but I've tried all the solutions suggested, and have a few additional notes that seem to be unique to my situation.
I have a Toshiba Satellite L675 laptop and am running Windows 7 64bit.
I restored to factory settings 3-4 months ago (was getting a blue error screen about twice a day). It ran fine for a month or two, but then started freezing up if I left it idle for prolonged periods of time (10-30min). It seemed okay as long as it was in use and it wasn't a blue error screen, it just froze on whatever was showing on-screen.
It recently started freezing completely (no ctrl-alt-delete or anything) within about 5 mins of turning it on even when in use.
I tried to restore to factory settings again, but partway through I got the error mentioned in the subject title, and a
Status: 0xc00000e9
Info: An unexpected I/O error has occurred
There are no removable devices connected, no discs in the DVD drive, etc. etc. I'm very handy, but not necessarily a cpu whiz. Is there any way to determine if this is a HD issue? Ram? I assume if I can narrow it down it's worth replacing a part, but I'm not sure that I want to pour money into a laptop that has little value if I'm guessing at solutions.
Also, I upgraded to 8GB RAM about 2 years ago, but it ran fine until a few months ago so I'm not sure if that could be related or not.
My wife has an identical laptop. Would it harm anything to swap her HD (or RAM, or whatever you may suggest could be the problem) into my laptop to see if it works?
Thanks.

There are many models of L675. Do you both have the exact same model number? If so, there shouldn't be a problem doing that. It'd be a good way of seeing if the issue is the hard drive or not.
- Peter

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