Oh it was your hard drive. Man, that is the worst. I think I much rather have my video card corrupted than my hard drive crashing. You will lose everything you saved in there, I mean everything. It isn't fun. It happened to my brother. One of his externals crashed and he lost about over 1,000 songs and some seasons of anime. It was a mess for him.
I hope you got some of your stuff back though.
Oh so you knew, okay. XD It is a nice joke that is for sure.