Can I have my older system upgraded at an Apple store?

I have an early 2009 mini and I would like to upgrade the ram and HD. Currently I have 2Gb RAM and would like to put in the max of 8Gb and also replace the 5200 RPM HD with a 7200 RPM drive. If I buy the hardware myself can I take it to an Apple store to be installed? and how much would that cost? The upgrades are not entirely for an increaes in perfmrance, I've been having trouble with this system since it was new. Every six months or so the file system gets all screwed up and Disk Utility cannot fix it so I have to restore from one of the clones I keep on an external HD. It happended again yesterday .. "invalid node structure"

I don't think you can bring your own parts in to an Apple store and have
them install them.  If you know of some other third party shop, they
may do it.
As for file system issues, you may want to try Disk Warrior to repair the
directory structure, which is what an invalid node structure usually is.
Disk Warrior can quite often fix corrupted directory structures that
Disk Utility can't.  Disk Warrior can also scan for corrupted files as well.

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