I was able to get my laptop working again. I used the backup copy from my desktop and installed it on my HP laptop with some tweaking of HP driver software. It is starting and shutting down ok. I have the Win updates installed, my wifi is connecting to the internet, and I have a virus checker installed. I will use it until its (NEXT) crash which may or may not happen.

I called our Best Buy and found the upgrade to 7 from XP for $99. I would still have to wipe off the data and reinstall. Do I need to buy an upgrade for each of my computers or can it be installed more than once. That is probably why my laptop kept crashing because Windows knew it was being reinstalled on different machines repeatedly.