Is it possible to back up my entire hard drive on iCloud?

I have some problems with my iMac built from 21 "to end of 2009 running OS 10.9.5.  It will not initialize correctly, works slowly and I continue getting the spinning wheel of doom whenever I try to perform any function.  I had to work for hours this afternoon, just to do it online.  Tried to boot mode safe and everything else I could think of.  Finally tried to boot in diagnostic mode and it just seemed to start.  But not in the way I was trying for.  I think while I run it I had better save what I have on the hard drive.  I don't have an external hard drive or I would just use Time Machine.  Does anyone have a suggestion on what I can do?

A backup is not the best of all the alternatives, you always want to have a good backup, both preferably. I would buy an external hard drive, it's the best way to go. And if you use a clone and that your hard drive goes down you can start just from the clone up to that fix it you. I keep a backup Time Machine, and clones. You can use a software of cloning asSuperDuper! or double clone.

The advantage of the clone, it's that it is bootable. The advantage of TM, is that it creates recursive backups, so you can restore a file or the whole disc of a certain point in time.

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