I don't know if I will boot from a USB, because I don't have an empty one, so I'm trying to find a way to empty one to use it.

New question, if I were to put a flash drive in my computer and try my backup again, do you think it would work? I'm only asking because I'm not sure if I have the proper equipment to hook my HDD...

I did do the HP SMART check, SMART passed, but, short DST failed. And it wasn't the reset option that got to 100%, it was the backup. And being that the short DST failed, I'm not sure re-installing...

Mrgeek, I have been in recovery mode, and it WILL NOT let me refresh/reset/backup anything. I tried the back up several times, it would get to 100% and load for an additional 5 or so minutes, then it...

And no, I do not have a bootable disk for Windows 10, I received an email from Windows with the download link in it just after 10 was released.

Yes, I do know I can force shut down. What code am I putting in chkdsk?

Sorry, it is a laptop. HP Pavilion, Windows 10 32-bit, 750GB HDD, 5400 RAM, 2.17 GHz processor. Windows 10 was downloaded onto the computer after I bought it. It's initially Windows 8.1.. Now, can I...

My biggest problem is, I don't have another PC to connect my disk to or I would have considered that.

I honestly, don't even know what disk imaging is.... Otherwise I probably would have used it...

I am having weird things happen to my computer, I was doing things online the other day and it just shut down on me. So I did a little research and ended up doing a chkdsk /r because I couldn't...