Starting from a different drive

I already submitted this question sorry I am new; do not see it anywhere.
My neighbor was using my computer and clicked on something that gave me an error message saying the computer had a virus; but with research this seems to be a scam to get you to pay for support. I am not seeing anything weird or unusual. But I used disk utility to check and it said the main hard drive needed repair. the other hard drives inside the computer were fine. It is kind of freaking me out. I got the message to restart the computer from another drive, so basically: can I use the other drives that are in the computer, or do I have to use a laptop and hold down control K or something? How do you do it?

anniesu wrote:
I am running OSX 10.6.8. I didn't want to upgrade because Yosemite gets so much bad feedback
On 10.6.8, you will need your Snow Leopard install disk. Insert it in the drive, restart the computer and hold down the 'C' key when the chime sounds. You can let go when the Apple logo appears. Then use Disk Utility from there to repair the hard drive. (You cannot repair the drive containing the current system, which is why this is necessary.)
Yes I need to backup but I guess that means first clean it up, ugh.
Don't waste time cleaning it up. Your drive could be in the early stages of failing, and if that's the case, it could fail entirely at any time. If that happens, any data on your drive that isn't backed up will be gone for good. Backups take priority - higher priority than repairing the disk, actually - and you can worry about cleaning stuff up later.

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