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I think my hard drive is dying. I try to boot the computer and get : a disc read error occurred. Will boot again and get that again and again with a few: Hard disc: command failed. sata1:command failed, is another.

I have the computer on all the time now as I cannot tell if I can reboot it ever again. Takes many times to engage it and seems to be getting worse.

I tried to defragment the hard drive but i get a: chkdsk is scheduled to run on the volume (C. Please run chkdsk /f.

I do not know about external hard drives and want to save all my info to one including my email account and Kapersky internet security, if that is possible. I think they hook into a usb port but do not know which to buy or if it will take all the info from current dying drive so I can run from the external and in time get a new internal drive.

I only need around 60 gigs or even less and do not want to spend over $100.

[rasputin]

Sounds like you caught it plenty early enough, at least the computer is booting up. Most people don't get that lucky but that is because most ignore the signs. Is your HD making a clicking sound while it is running?

Definitely keep the computer running, at most allow for sleep mode but that isn't necessary. I keep my desktop running 24/7 unless I am going out of town, basically. Used to always shut down but eventually decided all it does is put unnecessary wear & tear on components.

Get an external HD ASAP and start transferring data before the HD fails and the process gets a little more complicated. There are ways of recovering data after the HD fails but best to be avoided if possible.

Lot of good options for external HDs at your budget. Western Digital, Seagate, Fantom, and a couple others. Probably won't find much more than 1 TB but if you think all you need is 60 gigs then 1 TB will do just fine.

[tokinblackguy]

First thing I would is make a backup/clone of your disk drive. Personally I'd recommend Acronis True Image. I think Norton makes a similar product that I've heard good things about, but no experience with it myself so I can't comment on it.

An external hard drive is a good option and needed option. With that said though, I wouldn't spend too much money here since it sounds like your primary internal hard drive may be failing and probably going to need replacing. If you're strapped for cash, I would get an external just big enough to hold a copy/clone of my internal hard drive and spend the rest on the biggest internal I can get. True Image will let you know exactly how much space is required for a backup. You can also check by going to 'My Computer' and subtracting your "Free Space" from total disk size. For example, say it says 445GB free of 470GB(*actually 500 but reads less*). This leaves 25GB of space you actually used and need to backup but to be on the safe side just say 55GB to take into account the full size of the drive. I would buy a 60GB external to use for my backup. If you can spend a little more, go ahead, good investment for future use. As the size of your backups grow, you will need that much more room on your external. This is assuming you plan to make taking backups a habit in the future once your back up and running.

A good tool to use to check for errors and health of your hard drive is the SeaTools by Seagate. I would only use it after a backup is taking in your case though, if it finds errors, it will try to repair them. If the hard drive is too far damaged, the repair will fail and you must replace the drive. If successful, well you just saved yourself a few bucks, but start saving some coin because chances are it's still on it's way out. All hard disk drives fail eventually, every single one of them..FACT

Like rasputin stated, you have a few options but most you'd really want to avoid the hassle of. From what you've explained, I think what's outlined above is your best course of action.

1.) Take a backup! Absolutely the most important step for retaining your data and ease of use.
2.) Run SeaTools to try and save the drive or at least determine it's state.
3.) Use step 2 to determine if a new internal primary drive is needed at this time.

Have you run the chkdsk at all? What were the results?

Since you run Kaspersky, I'm assuming it's not virus related at all, Kaspersky makes a good product, use to run it myself. In any event though, you might want to run a scan with Malwarebytes, not all anti-virus programs catch every single virus and it's good idea to make a scan with another product from time to time. Malwarebytes doesn't interfere with other anti-virus software and you can always remove it once your done using it.

Could probably give a little more help if you posted you system specs. Either way, let us know how things are going.

[TDK]

Hi you can try to get your data from it when you use it in another pc connected via usb.
I kill last year 2 SSDs and i dont know why...
God Warranty^^