Backing up a hard drive in xp

[Barry_G]

My hard drive is about to die it seems. It will not boot. However i havve it up and running now. How do i back up my data to DVD(program files/pokertraker databases etc..) before it completely dies.

It's only 2 years old and i paid $2800 for this piece of [censored]. I'm not happy.

How long will it take? How much storage do i need to back up everything? 160 gig hard drive.

Will i now be better off buying a new cpu or can this be fixed? A new tower should be fairly cheap if i keep monitors and other pieces of system.