Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #267 – Hot Air Workstation
Steve is joined by Steve D’Amico of SMD Computer and his blog atstevendamico.com
Computers Worked On:
- Slow Toshiba laptop, removed norton 360, OK otherwise, came back later having to do a data restore from disc’s but had a problem with RAR files
- Gateway desktop with NTLDR problem, no files showing on drive
Topics and Links Discussed:
- Fab’s AutoBackup to backup and restore your data. It can also be used to transfer your files and settings from a PC to another.
- DiscSpan (for linux)will take a large directory full of files and automatically burn a series of DVDs to near capacity, without creating individual ISOs while keeping the files individually accessible
- Disco for Mac is a disc burning program that include disc spanning
- UBCD4Win is a bootable recovery CD that contains software used for repairing, restoring, or diagnosing computer problems
- GetDataBack data recovery software
- Fixboot Writes a new partition boot sector to the system partition
- Procuring and keeping a stock of DC jacks for laptop repair
- Working with hot air work stations
- Igo power adapters
- Off-brand or universal power adapters for laptops
- Gmails priority inbox
- Using a spudger for computer disassembly
Voicemails/Emails:
- Beauford writes about the “setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer” problem when installing Windows XP and an article about it at raymond.cc
- Blue Light Mobile has an AMD computer running slow and asks about normal operating CPU temperatures
- Abdul needs help disassembling an IBM thinkpad SL510
- Chris writes about DENSO Robotics Announces ‘Dare to Dream’ $25,000 Sweepstakes
- Bob gives a link to a spudger on ifixit.com
- Carlos has a laptop with a screen that fades after use, Steve gives various suggestions including checking cables and the possibility of a motherboard problem
- John had a problem with an infected computer that could not reach the Windows update site after cleaning, was able to remove a TDSS rootkit withTDSSKiller from Kaspersky
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Music provided by Evan King
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