Yep. Ok, Kensington, Seagate, Samsung... you may want to take a look at the market. These are good manufacturers. But there are others with great read write speeds and longevity.
I would refer back to your purchase and see if they still have it under warranty. That's a short time to have a hard drive failure.
One reason i bought this laptop was because it has a terabyte of storage. So that means don't have the 256GB SSD, right?
Be careful it doesn't require a slim version (not as tall) because those will be more difficult to find and more expensive.
Sounds like a variation of this model.
You do have a HDD.
1TB SSD is still a bit on the expensive side.
This is what i was afraid of... do you remember where you purchased it? Did it list details regarding what was in it?
Did you get a receipt/invoice listng the internals?
I bought it off of Dell's website. I think it listed specs and stuff, but because i don't know much about computers, it all sounded fine to me.
I don't know if i got an invoice or anything with the internals, but i think it's something that can be looked up pretty easily.
French's recommendation would work perfectly for you.
If that is the case, I think you are fully covered provided warranty period is more than one year. I'd contact Dell first before attempting any user repair. Warranty could be void if you open the back cover of the laptop.
I don't think it's covered anymore. I couldn't afford an extended warranty or anything. But since it's still pretty new, and the problem first started a few months after getting the laptop, might i be able to get a replacement drive or something from them?
All I can say is to contact Dell.
It is them who decide what kind of after service they provide.
Since it is a warranty related issue, you'd better contact them as soon as possible.
Okay. Thank you for the advice!
I can change my IP with my ISP tho.
You can try changing your drive by yourself, it's not that hard actually. There should be a tutorial online. I opened many laptops to fix issues, hope you don't mess anything up. I wish you luck 
OP's laptop could be still under the warranty.
In that case, open the back cover is a very bad idea since it will void the warranty for sure.
I really hope the Warranty is valid. Usually, they weasel out... A year? That's over the time much of the time.
It's not an old drive, really. It seems like if a drive is rated for five years of use, that is what the warranty should be. Not a fifth of that time.
That was what I was wondering but inquiring Dell would not hurt.
If Dell refuses the warranty coverage, the OP can open the back cover and see which brand of HDD in it.
I remember I took out a HDD from the external HDD enclosure (out of warranty) and still could RMA the HDD itself to the manufacturer of that HDD.
I suppose it all depends how Dell procure their parts.
Dropping hint:
I worked for Dell Computers once, long ago...
-cough - Did I mention something about this earlier? I just got a feeling of deja vu.
I think you said something like that, but did not specifically mention the name Dell.
That was when I lived in Austin. If you really want me to go into details... LOL... Micheal Dell was a neighbor.
Yes, Same Micheal Dell.
He had started out selling assembled computers out of his home garage.
Anyway, that was long ago... and just... moving along...
I emailed Dell tech support, and despite my laptop being out of warranty, it sounds like they're willing to diagnose the problem if i mail them my laptop. But the costs and time it'll take is a bit much. There's a place i can take my laptop to get it fixed and stuff that's local, so i think I'll do that.
Also, i was able to get back into my laptop. From the black screen of doom, i told it to reboot and it did. Such a finicky thing.