Failing Hard-drive issue but having major difficulty saving wanted files. Help!

cosmicdave

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Last week I, unfortunately, had a new AT&T Uverse package installed. I've had nothing but major problems since. My Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop with Windows Vista Basic was working okay until the new service was installed. I use the laptop through Wi-fi. It would not recognize the wi-fi and I kept losing service. Then some strange things started happening with my laptop in connection with the new wi-fi and my computer froze and I had no choice but to crash out. After that fatal moment I could not get back into my main user profile at all. There were no system restore points (they were wiped somehow) and no 'last good logon' or startup. I ran a diagnostics test and it said there were major hard drive issues. Basically the hard-drive is now dying (although, odd, before this it was just fine). After running disk repair on my computer I was finally able to get back into my main profile but it would not load my desktop. I thought I had lost everything at first, but I learned that the profile was now corrupted and I had to create a new profile on the laptop. I learned how to do this and I transferred the profile successfully. I debated whether to delete the old profile but in the end I did, whether right or wrong it's too late.

I then start saving files I want to flash drives. Unfortunately back-up is also not working. Most files I am not having any issue with at all. My video files are a problem. I have been successful with some, but others I get an I/O issue warning and I can't get the to transfer to the flash drive. My laptop system is NTSF and the USB flash drive is FAT. What I started noticing is that the videos that did transfer with no problems have a different ownership than the ones that won't and get the i/o warning. The videos that copy say 'Everyone' as owner. The videos that will not say 'Home/' and my newly created profile name. If that is the issue preventing them from copying how do I change it? I've tried changing ownership and it's not working. Once I get this issue resolved and save my videos and files to flash drives I can move on to working on other issues with the laptop. Not sure if hard-drive is repairable, worth repairing, or replacing.

So, the question is how do I change the ownership of these video files, assuming that will correct the issue so that I can transfer them to USB flash drive? Thanks for any help!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron Laptop 1545

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
Have you run chkdsk c: /f from a Elevated Command Prompt yet?

If not do so. The reboot and let it run, see if that fixes some of the drive corruption.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 27" C27F398 Curved Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 (HDMI)
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB
    Seagate ST2000NM001 2TB
    Seagate ST31500341AS 1.5TB
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Lenovo USB
    Internet Speed
    50MB Down, 10MB Up
  • Operating System
    Windows 7 Pro X64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP xw4400 Workstation
    CPU
    Intel Pentium D Dual 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    HP 0A68h
    Memory
    5GB
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI FireGL V3300
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer KN242HYL 24" (KVMS)
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate ST3120026As 120GB SATA (boot)
    Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB SATA
    Mouse
    Logitech via KVMS switch
    Keyboard
    Dell USB via KVMS switch
    Internet Speed
    50 Down, 10 Up
    Other Info
    Apache Web Server since 2001
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