When you are on a computer repair job many different situations can arise and in most cases it has nothing to do with what the client told you over the phone. Over the years I have created a kit which I bring to computer repair jobs to be prepared for almost anything. Here is what I carry to my computer jobs and hopefully this will help you create your own kit.

The Toolkit:
- Magnetic Phillips head screwdriver
- Non-Magnetic Phillips head screwdriver: Good when you are around magnetically sensitive objects such as 3.5 floppies.
- Pen Torch: Because sometimes its hard to see?
- Tweezers: Sometimes getting jumpers out of harddrives can be a pain in the a**.
- Little grabby tool: I have no idea what this thing is called, its like a little claw which I use to retrieve screws that have fallen inside hard to get places (such as inside the PSU).
- Lots and lots of screws: Screws for cases, screws for harddrives, screws with insulation for motherboards, screws for case fans and even a few spare jumpers thrown in there.

The CD Wallet:

- Windows XP SP2: Copy of my original. I have copies of all my legals in case I scratch a disk or leave it at a clients place.
- Windows XP Service Pack 1 & 2 Stand alone patches.
- Windows 2000: Copy of my original.
- Technicians Repair CD: Has alot of dos based utils such as low level formatting, harddrive diagnostics etc.
- Bart PE: A operating system boot CD which is very useful when Windows wont boot.
- Ultimate Boot CD: Similar to Bart PE but with many many more useful repair tools.
- Windows 98 SE: Copy of Original.

The Bag:
- Receipt Book
- 3.5 Floppy disks: Surprisingly needed alot.
- PS2 to USB Dongle and a USB to PS2 Dongle: Often used for damaged ports on clients computers.
- IDE Cable: To test harddrive problems suspected to be the IDE cables.
- Misc ISP information such as email settings and dialup numbers.
- 256mb USB memory stick: Used a hell of alot for tempory storage and having things that frequently need to be updated on it such as anti-virus’s.
- Business Cards!: Very very important.
- I also carry my laptop to most computer repair jobs which comes in useful when Internet connections are working

In the car when going to repair jobs:
- 2 PSUs: Both old and new type.
- 2 CD Roms
- 4 Video cards: 2 PCI and 2 AGP
- 2 Network cards: 1 newer and one old one.
- Small spare harddrive: Only 10gb

This is the contents of my gear and hopefully it gives you a starting point when putting yours together or made you think of some things that you should have with you. If you think I missed anything that I should carry on-site, by all means make a comment and let me know.