Mistake After Mistake Killed My Computer

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I bought a 3TB drive in the fall to back up all my files but the process was long and tedious so I was a little slow at getting to it. I started the process but got sidetracked by other things. That was the first mistake. The other day I shut down the computer and it was installing updates. That's usually no problem but I had to go somewhere and while I didn't need it with me I didn't want it to run and sputter while I was gone (which was weird, because it doesn't matter). About 30 minutes later right before leaving I checked on it again. It still was trying to install the first update. That's just strange, so I thought it was probably frozen and turned it off. In the past that hasn't done anything wrong, so I went with it. That was the second mistake. The next day it was having issues starting up so I went into town to where my laptop was. When I came back out it was running normally and I thought it resolved itself. So I turned it off without doing anything else. Today it started again the same way, but went through the checkdisk faster. When it was up and running I decided to try system restore. That was the third mistake (not using it while it was in that mode was also a mistake). System restore failed and corrupted the Operating System. It doesn't turn on now. It did ask me to backup the files, but I didn't have enough space. I didn't think to grab the 3TB drive. That was yet again another mistake. Using a hard drive dock I attached it to my laptop but I can't seem to move any files from it. So I don't know what's happening now. My next plan is to try safe mode, and if not that, then see if it won't access that menu again to backup files. This time I will have large drive attached for the files. Hopefully one of those work. If not, I still have a few other things to try, but I think my computer is near death's door regardless (with the option of factory settings to revive it if I get the files off).