Podnutz Daily #121 – Love That Recovery Partition

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Sound problems with a Gateway
Integrated sound on the MB
Customer bought sound cards x2. No go.

Customer’s attempt at malware cleanup caused
the removal of vital Windows files.
Windows Media Center reinstall required…
And he brought it to us.
We utilized the built in recovery partition on the hard drive.
Is it F10? Or is it F11?
At any rate.. his salvation was embedded on his HD.
Destructive vs Non Destructive recovery (that is the question)
.. And the day is saved!

FYI:
The system recovery had both
Norton AND McAfee installed. Madness!
I smell a reason to run pcdecrapifier

Apple G4 iBook:
“Very not fun to open” ~ Steve Cherubino
..and he cannot find his splooger tool / black stick *sigh*
(The gushing of the beauty under the case ensues)

Tip:
BartPE boots up 100x faster than the Ultimate boot CD
Listen to the drive if you want to troubleshoot the HD

(Rant) You, you really got me going .. angry:
[No tolerance for stupidity]
Bliss Computers and the story surrounding a screen purchase.
ebay user name: expresslcdscreens [ ? ]

Tip:
Molex connectors will connect improperly.
This will (obvs) fry the drive.
Consider this your warning.

Norton removal tool:
Remove all instances of Norton .. sometimes

Hammer-Down mode in ustream chat:
Ban first. Ask questions later.
Any questions?
Thank you to all of my ops!

Email from Bob:
PCI / Post Cards
Power on self-test cards for PCI motherboards
.. cards you put in a PCI slot to test the mother board.
Displays exact bad component!

Lap Top repair videos are still in process!!
FYI: If you want to become a reseller of these videos
I will be selling them through Click Bank