cyclic redundancy check during a backup procedure, and what can i do to fix it?

Yesterday i began to do a backup of my C: drive in order to reinstall the OS on my pc (windows vista ultimate 32bit), but during the process, it popped up a message saying "cyclic redundancy check error code 0x80070017 (i think this was the code), and the whole procedure stopped.
i run the chkdsk on the drive twice, it replaced some bad files but i still get the same message again and again.
What should i do to fix this issue? What could cause windows to create this problem?


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Hello, Alex

If you are continuously getting hard drive errors and it does not pass a hard drive test, it is likely that the drive is failing as has been mentioned and may need to be replaced. I would recommend you at least make a backup to another hard drive or CD/DVD in the event of a complete failure.

Methods for backing up your files: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/0625443e-f5c7-4bec-a5e3-3b7e00503c481033.mspx

Let us know if this helps.


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windows today gave me this message http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3180/capture45645475.jpg and i have decided to replace the drive, because  i tried about 10 times to boot the pc and it couldn't.


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