bad computer

My  new laptop stopped working the other day. I asked my husband to take a look at it to see if he could make it work. He is very good in fixing things around the house. With three children he has a lot to fix.He looked at it. After about an hour he found the problem, but at one point he said he may have to format hard drive. Luckily  after a while he said he did not need to do that. I was very happy because I thought we are going to buy a new computer again. I have no budget for a another one yet.