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Remove the hard drive,put it into an enclosure.And install it into another computer as a slave.Then you can copy your files on it.
If it shows up in ‘my computer’ as a drive letter(like E: drive) but you can’t access it,you can recover data on it with data recovery program to avoid losing your data.I have succeed with Tenorshare data recovery. It can recover data after deeply scanning your hard drive to look for lost data due to drives crash, physical damage,system sabotage, virus corrupted partitions etc.You can get it here: http://www.any-data-recovery.com/product/datarecoveryprofessional.htm After you recover your data,you can format it to check out whether it can be fixed.

If the hard drive can’t be detected,you can try this way.Put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in the freezer for overnight. Then while it’s still cold plug it into the computer and you may be able to view it in ‘my computer’. And if needed, run the recovery program to recover your data on it.

If it fails, you will have to go to a recovery office where supply data recovery service but let’s hope not because it will cost you a lot of money and whether they can recover data is not guaranteed.

Resourse: http://tenorsharedatarecovery.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-recover-lost-data-from-crashed.html

By default that laptop does come with 4GB, so if it says 2GB, they could have scammed you. Very common among the smaller repair shops. (I used to work in one, and not even going to tell you some of the stuff we pulled)

If there is any type of corrosion on the RAM that means moisture got in there, and you should have other issues. Especially since RAM is typically in the middle of the underside of the laptop. I would be looking for the receipt for your laptop and get ready to file a complaint with the BBB.

Your computer will report how much memory is in it in system properties. They cannot change how much it reports, because Windows does automatically. So the number it says is what is in there (or at least working).

If you want to check, most laptops have a panel on the bottom that has one screw, under which you can actually remove or add RAM or see what you have.

Perfect Optimizer uses a high-performance detection algorithm that will quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows registry. With a few easy steps Perfect Optimizer will scan your entire Windows registry for any invalid or obsolete entries and provide a list of the registry errors found. After that you can choose to clean list items with selection or automatically repair them all.

For your convenience and protection, Perfect Optimizer also provides a backup mechanism for any repaired files so that you can easily recover any changes if required.

Big thanks to this website.

Softwares like Operating Systems, Application packages, AntiVirus, System Drivers, etc

But there are many reasons things can be slow. If it’s your internet speed, go to http://www.speedtest.net/ If the speed there is okay, there’s nothing you can do, except choose servers closer to you. Your provider controls the speed from you to them (which is about what you’ll see on speedtest). From there out, it’s controlled by the routers on the internet and the amount of traffic there is on the internet — and no one can do anything about that (except, maybe, institute a death penalty for commercial spam).

agile’s answer below apears to be the most accurate answer, but he did forget the ESD bracelet and ESD bench, its unussual but a static discharge could happen and you want to limit that chance when working with $200.00+ circuit boards

CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Defraggler
http://www.defraggler.com/

And they’re both free.

now restart and don’t touch anything, let it finish

You probably don‘t need to use the disc, try this restore method. >

TOSHIBA RESTORE.

1) Hold down the power button for 10 (ten) seconds to switch off your machine.

2) Press and hold the 0 (zero) key and at the same time, tap the power button once to switch on your notebook.

3) When the machine Starts beeping; release the 0 key.

4) When prompted by the warning screen; select Yes to continue with the system recovery.

5) Select Recovery of Factory Default Software; click Next.

6) Select Recover to out-of-box state click Next again.

7) Click Next to Start recovery.

Have you tried starting in safe mode, if you could get in this way you could move the stuff you want to keep to D drive (if you have D drive) D drive won‘t be touched during the restore.

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