My Computer Died

[tarcone]

My laptop is old and been acting cranky. Today it quit working. Won't get past the first start up screen. Earlier I was getting a lot of not responding messages. So I am going out to get a new laptop. I'm done with this one. I need help with getting set up on Windows 7. If anyone can list instructions and pointers I would be very appreciative.

Also, are all the set up files up to date?

Thanks guys