Cinnamonhuskies Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Suurrrre....now that all the BF and CM deals are over, my 2 yr old Toshiba gets the blue screen of death. I am looking for something under $400, 2.2 GHz or so, 2 or 3 GB, and any size hard drive as we use a couple externals. (Although not often enough as we still have lost alot of pictures on the Toshiba, and well I havent backed up my financials in about 4 weeks GAH) Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca0884 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Do you use AVG and did you do an update the other day?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat1jen Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Have you looked at amazon? They have a Toshiba, but you may not want another one! 3gb RAM and 320 gb HD. I think its $380. Check WalMart.com too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamonhuskies Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Do you use AVG and did you do an update the other day??Ummmm yeah......? It automatically updates every so often. IE froze up on a web page and after I rebooted I got the blue screen. Dh has been messing with it ever since. We made restore discs when we first got it but they wont load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamonhuskies Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Have you looked at amazon? They have a Toshiba, but you may not want another one! 3gb RAM and 320 gb HD. I think its $380. Check WalMart.com too.I looked at amazon first. Prices have gone up since October, when ds#2 bought his there. I will have to spend $429 for a comparible Acer.I found a Toshiba for $299 on Best Buys website but its unavailable at my local best buy and not available to ship. I could order one if I wanted to drive 4 hrs to pick it up!I am waiting for Walmart to get a good deal on one that IS in stock. Hope this weeks sale ads have something good. I wish we could fix our Toshiba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca0884 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 The update they sent out the other day was messed up! It did the same thing to my computer. I had to restore to a previous date and it is fine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamonhuskies Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 The update they sent out the other day was messed up! It did the same thing to my computer. I had to restore to a previous date and it is fine now. OMG! Ok HOW did you restore it to a previous date? I cant get it to do the restore discs we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca0884 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Here is the link my sister's BF sent me (he works in IT and uses AVG on the computers at work) a day after I told her about what happened. http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/02/psa-botched-avg-2011-update-might-be-why-your-pc-wont-start-to/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca0884 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 OMG! Ok HOW did you restore it to a previous date? I cant get it to do the restore discs we have. My computer (HP) ran through some sort of troubleshooting program trying to locate the problem. After it ran for a while it told me that they were unable to find a solution. It gave me a couple options and restore to a previous date was one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca0884 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Also, here is a link to the forums for AVG. http://forums.avg.com/ww-en/avg-free-forum?sec=thread&act=show&id=132999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamonhuskies Posted December 4, 2010 Author Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thank you Becca! The Toshiba gave the option to retry Windows normally or run a Diagnostic and Fix. the result was it wouldn't fix it. I wish it gave me the option to restore to an earlier date. I remember now that the Gateways we had in the 90s and 2000 would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becca0884 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Thank you Becca! The Toshiba gave the option to retry Windows normally or run a Diagnostic and Fix. the result was it wouldn't fix it. I wish it gave me the option to restore to an earlier date. I remember now that the Gateways we had in the 90s and 2000 would do that. I'm sorry it didn't work. Maybe if you ask in the tech forum, someone can give you some other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamonhuskies Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 Dh got it to the desktop and we were SO excited.......but nothing works, not even clicking with the mouse. Now it is stuck with the windows loading circle on the desktop screen and its not even going around. So i am hopeful that it got to the desktop but it still may be a lost cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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