Laptop died...need a cheap one quick!

[Cinnamonhuskies]

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.

[becca0884]

Do you use AVG and did you do an update the other day??

[nat1jen]

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.

[Cinnamonhuskies]

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.

[Cinnamonhuskies]

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.

[becca0884]

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.

[Cinnamonhuskies]

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.

[becca0884]

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/

[becca0884]

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.

[becca0884]

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

[Cinnamonhuskies]

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.

[becca0884]

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.

[Cinnamonhuskies]

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.