Satellite C660 is slow - drive 'failure '?

Hello Forum - I hope someone can help.

My children (PC) run a C660-IST (two years). I say "run" - the machine is going at a snail pace. Confession - their father always worked on Apple (I know, I know...) then i@m beating everywhere to try to help them. With success limited.

I found called 'Computer' and he said:

Hard drives (3)

WINDOWS (C :)) 81.3 GB free of 149 GB
Data (:)) free d GB 148 141 GB
Microsoft Office 2010 click-toRun (protected) (q)

I had thought that children had simply filled memory working with games (Sims and Zoo Tycoon), but - looking at the available memory which doesn't seem to be the case.

So I ran the program 'Diagnostic Tool'. Everything was going well... until he ran the 'HARD drive '. And he says 'FAIL' in the box 'results '.

It's that I could get. Not sure why the result of the 'FAIL' is here. Don't know what the children may have done to the machine.

Two questions:

-"disc HARD FAILURE" would cause the machine so slow?

and

-What can I do to try to solve the problem?

Please, be soft with any response - PC management is NOT my forte!

Thank you very much

Helpless dad

> "disc HARD FAILURE" would cause the machine so slow?

Yes, a faulty HARD disk can be the reason for the performance of the slow laptop.

> can I do to try to solve the problem?

There are some things that need to be clarified.
If its a drive problem HARD physics, the only real solution is: replacing the HARD drive.
If the problem is related to bad sectors and files stored on the HARD drive, the solution could be much easier:
First of all I recommend you clean the system using CCleaner (freeware software)
You could delete the stored time.
Additional you may defragment HARD drive partitions.
Here is a nice article from Microsoft:
http://www.Microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx#fBid=opdomAEomx0

But if you notice any improvements, you can format the HARD drive and install the system using the Toshiba recovery disc.

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