Hard Drive Problems

[Calvin Hobbes]

Im not the greatest tech person but i got a problem with my hard drive, my comp runs slow and its not a a bad pc, i think that the hard drive is corrupted(it wouldnt let me even do a full defrag), is there anyway to fix this?

[EzyStvy]

The Operating System is____________________

What happens when you try to defrag?

[Calvin Hobbes]

OS-Windows Xp
When i try to defrag it gets like 80% done and then shows an error message about the hard drive.
Its a HP computer about 3-4 years old, ive been having problems with this thing since i got it, the modem fried, i think the sound card is messed up, and now the hard drive is having problems, I want to build my next one but Im not sure if ive got the skillz, anyways ever since i tried to defrag it its been running really slow

[glc]

Start, run, cmd

chkdsk /r

Answer yes to the prompt to run on next reboot, reboot it.

Make sure you have your important files backed up, this MAY finish the drive off if it's shot.

[Calvin Hobbes]

:( Ouch. Well ill try it when i get home and bakc up some stuff thanks