How do I successfully backup my computer?

When I start my computer I immediately get a error pop up saying that windows has detected a hard disk problem. I have already tried two things; restoring to a earlier time and inserting a cd to backup the files. None of these work.

What do I have to do?

could be that your hard drive is dying, do you hear strange noises from the hard drive? reinstall windows and if it still says that then you have to replace your hard drive

Short Term-

Run Check Disk:

Click Start, and then Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.

To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable information, at the command prompt, type chkdsk /r, and then press ENTER.

Long Term-

Buy a new hard drive and clone the drive with Acronis True Image (FREE TRIAL) http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/download/link/?TrueImage2009_d_en.exe

Brother it's a hard disk problem.Please backup your computer before you

lose all the precious data.You can even use a free software like

Macrium(free) to make a backup.

http://www.macrium.com/

What CD did you try? What error did you get? I would recommend using BartPE or Knoppix to transfer to an external drive.

Back up your stuff to an external hardrive, get a new hardrive, restore to your new hardrive. Easy fix