Re: Basically setting up a new computer...
- From: "David B." <mail@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:14:53 -0500
Either someone is BSing you or your making assumptions, but neither mis-installed RAM (which is almost impossible to do) nor a corrupt OS can damage a hard drive.
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"Presario" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:b6a1396d58a0dcd18c4cf3f79a588e9b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey,
So I have a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7428. I had the ram replaced in it
a while ago and it was a faulty stick not too mention it was
mis-installed. Originally there were two 1GB DDR2 RAM Cards and they
swapped one of the 1GB DDR2 RAM Cards for a 2GB DDR2 RAM Card and
mis-installed it which basically corrupted my Operating System and lead
to a hard-drive failure, according to Toshiba and Office Depot. Toshiba
wouldn't deal with it as it was out of warranty in a week from the time
I called, therefor I called Office Depot as I have 3-Year Extended
Warranty to get this notebook serviced, it's my main computer and runs
nearly all day for multiple reasons: IM, Music, Movies, Photos, Gaming,
Blogging, Forums, Socializing and downloads on a 56K Modem. It also had
random screen shut off issues which was apparently fixed in a BiOS,
after Toshiba directed me to update the BiOS to see if it fixed that
issue (Which it did!) and fix the issue with the hard-drive my computer
wouldn't even boot up past the green loading bar, it'd hang on a black
screen with a white cursor as it wasn't loading my Windows.
Office Depot just sent back my notebook, right now I'm away on vacation
in Florida and will be heading home in about two weeks to my notebook
with a new hard-drive and recovery discs, whether or not it's a vista
disc or just recovery discs I'm not sure. I want to assure that I get
the most out of my system and it's safely up to date. I also need to
re-install the new 2GB DDR2 RAM, I'm looking for anything I have to do
before/after the installation to make sure that it's properly installed
and problem free. So, below are some questions about what's going on.
1) Is there anyway of imaging, cloning or burning a new set of Recovery
Discs just in-case the originals fail?
2) Is there anyway of downloading the service pack, updates, bios etc
on the computer I'm on now and burn to disc for install on my notebook
when I get home? (I'm on dial-up and it makes it virtually impossible to
download updates)
3) What's the best free anti-virus suite out there?
4) What do I have to do to assure that the ram is properly installed,
not faulty and problem free?
5) Should I download and install all my updates before I download and
install the progams I use?
6) Would it be a good idea to make a system restore point or a back-up
before I download/install the updates and install the ram?
That's all my questions for now, honestly. I just want to assure that I
get the most performance, reliability and safety out of this notebook as
it's my best computer, I have a crappy desktop and don't have anymore
money to spend on computers!
Thanks,
You're help is greatly appreciated!
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