Comments on: He fixes computers by…doing nothing!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 03:57:00 +0000

Where does one get Norton Ghost or DriveImage or something like that?

By: mikeXstudios

mikeXstudios — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:40:16 +0000

Well, you’ll have to lose your installed programs once. The best method is to start clean:
1. Install Windows
2. Install your apps.
3. Make a full image of your harddrive with Norton Ghost or DriveImage or something like that.

Save that image. Whenever you want to be running top notch again, just restore the image with all of your installed apps and configs.

-mX

By: Eugene

Eugene — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 02:44:40 +0000

What’s the best way to reformat your hd and reinstall windows without losing installed programs?

By: mikeXstudios

mikeXstudios — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:56:47 +0000

True, true. I need to have a clean image of my hard drive with all of the good utilities installed so I can always pull a quick reformat with everything already set up!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:15:48 +0000

It seems like just yesterday that I was trying to learn how to do formulas in Microsoft Excel on a 1980 Powerbook (eat that, suckas). Yesterday I reformatted my hard drive in under an hour! I’ll admit though, that replacing all my deleted programs took longer than that.

Dave

By: mikeXstudios

mikeXstudios — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 21:32:05 +0000

Felix: Definitely. We can just go to people’s houses and accidently bump into the computer and fix it or something like that :).

Eugene: Hehe, your parents have this paranoia about you messing with computers for some reason. I remember that time when you threw up…

By: Eugene

Eugene — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:02:44 +0000

I think my first attempt to fix a computer was back in 3rd grade. Something was wrong with my crappy Gateway 2000, so I stuck this mysterious tape that came with it into the tape drive and booted the computer. I don’t think it fixed anything, and my parents were pretty upset.

By: Felix

Felix — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:48:19 +0000

Similar situation with me haha. My friend called me over to “fix” his computer because he was not getting any signal from his internet connection. So I went below his desk and scanned the wiring and saw a phone wire outlet was empty.. I plugged it in a viola.. We should start a business, Mike.