WIN 7 died

My WIN 7 64bit won't get past 1st base (start) System ran an ERROR search on the disc 3 times, but came back 'not repairable'. I had pictures saved on an external drive but not everything.
Need to get a new hard drive to replace the dead one. Do I start with a new OS system? I want to fix it but need to know what to get besides the hard drive.
I did go out and buy a new computer, WIN 8.1 and will get WIN 10 free in 10 days or so. Microsoft is giving away FREE WIN 10...
If you want the WIN 10 do it soon....

Windows 10 Features - Microsoft

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...ows-10-upgrade


Thanks for any help..

Mellon Head said:

If you still have your original Win 7 disk and product key, or factory recovery image disks and product key, the only thing you'll need to buy is a hard disk for the computer, and reinstall.

Thanks for the info.. :)

Ztruker said:

Good tutorial here for reinstalling Win 7 OEM: Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7

Thanks.... :)