Sounds as if your hard drive is dying or dead. Check your laptop
manufacturer's Web site to see if they have a diagnostic program you can
download and run to definitively diagnose the problem.

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> when i boot up my laptop it states that "hibernation file
> is already present" followed by "data error reading drive
> c" can anybody give me some help