how to clone a failing hard drive

[jamseal]

hard drive failure imminent. replace hard drive compaq presario seagate barracuda 500 gb

 

[himnextdoor]

You should stop using the drive for now.

Then you need a 'backup' utility that can create an image of your drive and that can run from a bootable disk.

Then you back up the image to an external hard drive and when you get a new drive, simply restore the image and you are back up and running.

Acronis is perfect for the job.