how do i get info/documents off of a computer harddrive that gives an error message after i go to my documents

Question

computer is kinda old

Answer 1

Try this. Go to my computer, rt click the drive, click properties, click tools, click check now (in error checking), tick both boxes, click start. If it is your system disk, say yes to ok to schedule for next boot. Reboot your system and go for a long coffee break. This may save your files, if it does make backups of precious data before you lose anymore. If it fails you will need to get some data recovery software and try that.

Check to see if your bios setup allows you to set SMART for your disks, this will give warning when the drive has to reread data to get it error free. A good early warning.

Try another question with the error message, it may give a different clue.

Answer 2

well if you want to delete the files that is easy you just delete the folder that has all the documents on it