CRASHING HARD DRIVE

["D." <youto_22554@yahoo.com>]

Hi All,
  I know that this has been discussed before so I
apologize for asking again.  I believe that my hard
drive is on its last leg.  Can I do a quick and dirty
bzip2 / and will that bzip2 by drive so that I can
copy it to another, then do the bunzip2?  I'm looking
for a easy solution, I can re-install, that's not a
problem, I just hate to loose some programs that I
have installed.
Thanks in advance.
Don

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