Thanks George for the help, greatly appreciated. Looking forward to my additional RAM now! On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:32:27 +0100, "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Hi Chris, > > If, as with my Toshiba Satellite, the User's Manual explains > how to add extra memory, then Toshiba would be on very shaky > ground if they turned round later and said that doing what > the manual said invalidated the warranty. > > As regards memory, no problems there with recovery CD's, > etc., although there is a chance that your screen reader, > and a remote possibly some other software, might need to be > re-activated. The kind of software which is usually > affected is that which takes a footprint of your system to > generate a unique code, which in turn is passed on to the > software house in order to obtain an activation code. > > So basically, I suggest you don't have it installed at a > time when you won't be able to contact someone to get your > software re-activated. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher > Hallsworth > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 9:23 AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Upgrading memory question > > Oh, that's absolutely fantastic! so the recovery disk only > checks the > motherboard then or what? Anyhow that's great to know, > thanks for the > help. I'm going into PC World this Wednesday anyway to look > at some > computer chairs, so shall ask then. Thanks once again. > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:54:50 +0100, "Dj Paddy" > <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > said: > > Hi Chris. > > > > No idea on the first one. > > > > I suspect not, but ring the store and ask PC World and > before hand. > > > > Your second question, nope you won't need to buy new XP > the recovery will > > work just fine. > > > > RAM's very low level yes, but an extra stick isn't going > to do anyharm in > > terms of activating. Which I think is what you where > implying you are > > concerned about? > > > > If it's just the recovery software side then it won't care > if there's > > more > > or less RAM. > > > > Dj Paddy > > Keeping in touch with me: > > > > Twitter Username- dj_paddy > > > > Twitter RSS- > > http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline/4871941.rss > > > > BLOG RSS- > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/irishgeek > > > > Email/msn contact: djpaddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Skype: djpaddy > > > > My websites are mainly used for jumping off platforms, > they are > > > > http://www.djpaddy.co.uk > > > > http://www.barry-toner.co.uk > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Christopher Hallsworth" > <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 8:50 AM > > Subject: [access-uk] Upgrading memory question > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > During my summer holidays I'm planning to take my laptop > to my local PC > > > World to have some additional memory, so that I've got > 512 MB instead of > > > the original 256 MB. However, I have a couple of > questions that I'd like > > > you to help me if you can please. > > > 1. Since I'm taking it to the said shop, will this void > my 3-year > > > warranty that I applied for through Toshiba? > > > 2. Since I'm adding hardware, will the recovery disk > that came with my > > > laptop fail to work, thus forcing me to buy a Windows XP > CD? > > > Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > > E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Skype name chrishallsworth7266 > > > MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > > > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ** and in the Subject line type > > > ** unsubscribe > > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click > on the > > > ** immediately-following link:- > > > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > > ** or send a message, to > > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > faq > > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > Christopher Hallsworth > E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Skype name chrishallsworth7266 > MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > Christopher Hallsworth E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype name chrishallsworth7266 MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq