locate hard-drive in tower?

sorry to hear that.

By smashed, do you mean you took a hammer or the likes thereof to the hard disk?

yeah i did, because theres no way I was going to leave it to some tech head to reconstitute my data and thats that and sell it to the highest bidder. the computer is dead. it stopped working and it didnt cost me much anyway. and Im not at zero I simply dont care about the pieces and parts. I dont do tech I drive the car. some people! its all a matter of perspective...think of it this way : if you were to read my ' driving ' I'd be the last person on this earth who you'd call ' at zero ' . a computer is a tool not a solution. I write solutions. the human mind will never be replaced. by anything. Im on good terms with my cars' mechanic. because my car cost $73,000. my last computer that recently died cost me $678. I only use a computer because I was told it had more features than an electric typewriter. shall I continue....?