Then test your RAM before buying new. I would have done the same with the harddisk. To test your RAM download Memtest86+, unpack it and burn the ISO to a CD as image. Then boot from it and let the test run a few hours. If it comes up with errors, at least one of your RAM modules is faulty. If you have more than one remove one of the modules and do the test again to find the faulty module.

For clarification: Bluescreen 0x7b in Windows (2000 and later) means that the system can't access the harddisk. Since you already have changed the disk it is possible that it is your harddisk-controller that is faulty. But test the RAM first.

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how to install freespire to run from cd

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At first, please open a new thread for your question. This question has nothing to do with this thread.
Second, Freespire is discontinued till 2007. It will not run on modern hardware, will not get new software, bugfixes or security updates. I strongly recommend to install a recent distribution.

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I tested the Hard Drive and it came back with no problems, i tested the RAM also within the BIOS and it came back no problem. I took your advice and downloaded and burned memtest86+ and i ended up having one module, which was made by Samsung that was giving a lot of error messages. I just finished trying to installing Ubuntu on this laptop, i got through the majority of the install process and it just stopped. Tried it a few more times and it did the same thing so i left it alone for th time being. Installed Debian squeeze instead and now i am happy as hell. Thank you for your help and thank everyone for all the input and suggestions. I'm going to amazon to replace the faulty RAM right after i finish here. Thank you again!