My laptop is not working - Initially got an error message F3-F100-003 suggesting a problem with my hard drive. I don't have a recovery disc. Can I get one downloaded using another computer?
One option is remover the hard disk from the laptop and attach it to another computer as a USB external drive. To do that you'd need an adapter like this one: USB SATA External 2.5" HDD Enclosure - $16 @ Walmart
Another option you can is to boot the laptop with a LiveCD that doesnt need a HDD to run an operating system. Ubuntu Desktop It's not windows, but it's enough like it with a file manager, etc, to check and see if your hard disk is reachable and to let you copy off files to a USB thumb drive, for example.
One option is remover the hard disk from the laptop and attach it to another computer as a USB external drive. To do that you'd need an adapter like this one: USB SATA External 2.5" HDD Enclosure - $16 @ Walmart
Another option you can is to boot the laptop with a LiveCD that doesnt need a HDD to run an operating system. Ubuntu Desktop It's not windows, but it's enough like it with a file manager, etc, to check and see if your hard disk is reachable and to let you copy off files to a USB thumb drive, for example.