I'm in a huge mess. Mountain Lion on one, three chimes your a lady.

I have two BIG problems.
Problem number one. I have a MacBookPro -2010 for my work. My tech guy sends me the code for the new Mountain Lion. I download it, it appears to be installing and then does the "your hard disk is damaged" thing like so many of the other threads. I have a CD of Snow Leapord, but if I remember correctly that doesn't include the App Store software, so how the heck to I restore it to my last OSLion 10.7.4 ( I think that's what it was?)
Problem number two. My personal MacBook Pro, Late 2008 15" model is bumming out. I kept crashing with imovie after it's update, so found the culprit, still moving a little slow and so I decided to do a few of the minor fixes, like the PRAM resett, disk utility, unseating the battery, and unseating the memory. Now, it won't boot up at all and I get three chimes. Knock three chimes on the ceiling if you want me, twice on the....never mind. Note, I did NOT download the Mountain Lion for this machine.
Any help on either one would be greatly appreciated. I really need files on these machines, since I was in the middle of getting ready for school in Sept. And no...the backup was on my to do list.

This is for intel Macs from Apples site.
Three flashes, a pause, and three more flashes (occurs continuously) - marginal RAM
Still think there is a ram issue there if you are still getting those beeps.

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rarramirez wrote:
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rarramirez wrote:
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