The last two posts describe backing up to the same disk as the original data. One user backs up to the C: partition, and the other backs up to a partition on the same disk. Neither states that this is their only backup. If it is, then that is extremely risky.
A backup to the same media will protect against some user errors, like deleting the wrong file, or making a change they want to back out of. But, if that drive fails, then they'll lose their original data, and their backup, too. There will be nothing left to restore from.
Hard drives do die. Some will last for many years. Some will die quickly. There's no way to predict ahead of time which you have. I hope you two are making routine and frequent backups to at least another hard drive. Personally, I use a NAS to back up all my machines, plus a cloud backup service, for off-site.
Dear Sirs/Madame,
I have encountered a problem on my wife’s Lenovl Laptop. It is giving a message that "disc space is very low." It also says that the browser is outdated, but you can’t update because there is like 700 MB of remaining space, which is not enough to load anything. We have Charter Security Suite furnished through our cable company, but I can’t run the scan either. You can browse on Internet Explorer but no room for any type of download and the Google Chrome browser is gone totally -- it shows that three things have crashed each time we try to use it. Maps Galaxy Google for Chrome and F-Secure Extension. Also will not perform Windows Update. It gets to 16% and says there is a failure to update Windows updates and is “reverting ‘…do not close computer. I'm stuck and I don't know what to do. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
--Submitted by Jim B.

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