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Answer» <html><body><p>Well, first, see, if you can access your data, unless you don't have anything important there.<br/>The very next steps depends on your answer to the above.Is it still under warranty?The laptop itself is about 2 years old so not anymore. Unfortunately, I have had a lot of problems with it. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/within-732414" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WITHIN">WITHIN</a> the first week of <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/buying-906461" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BUYING">BUYING</a> it, I had to send it back because a screw was loose on one of the fans and actually got stuck in the fan. But luckily I don't have anything important on there.If you don't, I suggest, you start with testing hardware to see, if you won't waste your time on reinstalling Windows.<br/>It's my bed time, so I'll leave you with some instructions.<br/><br/>Run hard drive diagnostics: <a href="http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287">http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=287</a> (or <a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28744&amp;hl=hard+drive+diagnostic">http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28744&amp;hl=hard+drive+diagnostic</a>)<br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/make-249948" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MAKE">MAKE</a> sure, you select tool, which is appropriate for the brand of your hard drive.<br/>Depending on the program, it'll create bootable floppy, or bootable CD.<br/>If downloaded file is of <strong>.iso</strong> type, use <strong>ImgBurn</strong>: <a href="http://www.imgburn.com/">http://www.imgburn.com/</a> to burn <strong>.iso</strong> file to a CD (select "Write image file to disc" option), and make the CD bootable.<br/><br/>NOTE. If your hard drive is made by Toshiba, unfortunately, you're out of luck, because Toshiba doesn't provide any diagnostic tool.<br/><br/>=========================================================================================<br/><br/><strong>A.</strong> If you have more than one RAM module installed, try starting/running computer with one RAM stick at a time.<br/><br/><strong>NOTE</strong> Keep in mind, the manual check listed above is always superior to the software check, listed below. DO NOT proceed with <strong>memtest</strong>, if you can go with option <strong>A</strong><br/><br/><strong>B.</strong> If you have only one RAM stick installed...<br/>...run <strong>memtest</strong>...<br/><br/>1. <a href="http://www.memtest.org/download/4.00/memtest86+-4.00.iso.zip">Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)</a><br/>2. Unzip downloaded <strong>memtest86+-....iso.zip</strong> file.<br/>3. <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/inside-1045864" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about INSIDE">INSIDE</a>, you'll find <strong>memtest86+-....iso</strong> file.<br/>4. Download, and install <strong>ImgBurn</strong>: <a href="http://www.imgburn.com/">http://www.imgburn.com/</a><br/>5. Insert blank CD into your CD drive. <br/>6. Open <strong>ImgBurn</strong>, and click on <strong>Write image file to disc</strong><br/>7. Click on <strong>Browse for a file...</strong> icon:<br/><br/><br/><br/>8. Locate <strong>memtest86+-....iso</strong> file, and click <strong>Open</strong> button.<br/>9. Click on ImgBurn green arrow to start burning bootable memtest86 CD:<br/><br/><br/><br/>10. Once the CD is created, boot from it, and memtest will automatically start to run. <br/><br/>The running program will look something like this depending on the size and number of ram modules installed:<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>It's recommended to run 5-6 <strong>passes</strong>. Each pass contains very same 8 <strong>tests</strong>.<br/><br/>This will show the progress of the test. It can take a while. Be patient, or leave it running overnight.<br/><br/><br/><br/>The following image is the test results <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/area-13372" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about AREA">AREA</a>:<br/><br/><br/><br/>The most important item here is the “errors” line. If you see ANY errors, even one, most likely, you have bad RAM.<br/><br/><br/>Good Night</p></body></html>


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