hard drive prob

[wine~o]

gonna have to be quick

hard drive keeps freezing on lappy

Had it out, looks like the "Tines" on the connection are iffy

worth having repaired or scrap and get another

have saved all impotant stuff to a memory stick

gotta go befre the hard drive does...

[dave.m]

New HD, have you got the install disk and also, is teh Windows key on the case or on the disk case?

If you have the disk but not the key, try to install Belarc on it and run it and print the report off. It will display all the details of all the programs installed.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

dave

[wine~o]

windows pre-installed on the hd.

would have replied earlier..

but hd keeps freezing..

[dave.m]

OK.

How new is the laptop, make and model?
and what size RAM and what operating system does it have?

If it is a bit dated then to buy an OEM version of an operating system and a new HD it may not be worth it.

dave

[wine~o]

Acer...5315

cost 400 quid about 2 years ago..not much to loose???

thanks for your help so far

Chances are the hd will shut down before I manage to post this..

[dave.m]

I cannot tell you which way to go but I assume it has Vista on it, which was cr4p.

It would really need another GB of RAM to run Windows 7 efficiently, so you can work out what a HD will cost plus a stick of RAM and a new Win 7 Home Premium OEM version will cost.


1GB of RAM £26
200GB HD £59
Win 7 Home Premium £75

You could find them a little cheaper but you do the sums.
Is it worth spending on a two year old or get a new one.

[wine~o]

Bit the bullet, bought a new Toshiba L500 from....



SHHHHH...don't tell every one....ARGOS

£380 later...but far superior to what I was using

Thanks for the advice

[wine~o]

Except that using Windows easy transfer, can't transfer my free AVG ...

have tried to find a link on here..(where I loaded it from in the first place..googled/yahoo'd/bing/d) still can't find find free version

[dave.m]

This what you want?

http://free.avg.com/gb-en/download-avg-anti-virus-free

dave

[dave.m]

This May be of help:

NOW! That‘s What I Call Software. 1.

dave

[dave.m]

As you have now got Windows 7, here are a few tips for it.

The Image Resizer for Windows 7 lets you resize the pictures that you want to post on UHM etc.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5391/175 ... -articles/

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/featur ... vered_date

One of the tweaks I like is when you have a couple of pages open full screen and want to compare details in both, or want to use one for reference whilst typing information into the other.
Press the Windows key and the Left Arrow and the top page will slide across to the left half of the screen.
Then get the other page on top and press the Windows key and the Right Arrow to slide this page to the right hand half of the screen.

To bring them back to full screen just click on the Maximise button next to the red close botton at the top.

dave

[wine~o]

Thanks Dave managed to successfully install AVG at the 3rd attempt...as on a Dongle with iffy reception only took 6 hours.....

Good news is that we go live on friday with talk-talk???

Will also add this to my 'favourites' bar, so I can find it next time I need it..

[54aardvark]

Bit the bullet, bought a new Toshiba L500 from....



SHHHHH...don't tell every one....ARGOS

£380 later...but far superior to what I was using

Thanks for the advice

Thanks for that, on a rather elderly Tosh Satellite which is getting a bit clunky (and bl**dy Vista!), been looking for another laptop and this one ticked virtually all the boxes and at £380 worth going for so it was off to (SHHHHH Argos) yesterday and chuffed to bits.

Only problem I have is does Mrs A get the old laptop or me - I think I know the answer already but negotiations are continuing!

[wine~o]

Bit the bullet, bought a new Toshiba L500 from....



SHHHHH...don't tell every one....ARGOS

£380 later...but far superior to what I was using

Thanks for the advice

Thanks for that, on a rather elderly Tosh Satellite which is getting a bit clunky (and bl**dy Vista!), been looking for another laptop and this one ticked virtually all the boxes and at £380 worth going for so it was off to (SHHHHH Argos) yesterday and chuffed to bits.

Only problem I have is does Mrs A get the old laptop or me - I think I know the answer already but negotiations are continuing!

I've same problem...before I let the missus have access to my old laptop...make sure I wipe it

Loving the Toshiba though..

[nabberuk]

Toshiba are good laptops, we supply them at work. Have a look at Microsoft Security Essentials, i think it's tones better than AVG!