Help: Possible Hardware Failure

[Angrboda]

Okay, so I found a solid state external hard drive. Does anyone have any recommendations for software to do the copying? It seems like I can just do that with software that already exists on my computer. Like, I remember doing this years and years ago and not needing software.

External SSDs are a premium; you'd be better off with just a regular USB external hard disk for backing up stuff. I prefer Western Digital My Book series, but the Elements or Easystore or other basic Western Digital external hard drive would probably work just as well. Seagate would be a second choice. Look on Amazon and check the price history using camelcamelcamel to get an idea of how much they should cost. I'll link an example. You'll still need a hard disk to replace the ailing hard disk if that disk is dying.

This is at a decent price right now. Being on the smaller side, the price per gigabyte is higher than for larger drives, but I suspect 4 TB is more than you need.
https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-D...01LQQHL4E/

https://camelcamelcamel.com/

ETA: Black Friday is coming up; things may be cheaper then.