Category Archives for How-Tos
How to Use Clonezilla – A Hard Drive Cloning Tool For the Frugal Tech
Contribution by Paul Apking Creating hard drive copies or clones is a regular routine for many techs. But it shouldn’t be hard on the wallet! Many are expensive such as Norton Ghost, others are cheaper
VIEW POSTSolve Common Chromebook Issues with this ChromeOS Troubleshooting Flow Chart
If you have ever had a Chromebook land on your workbench, you will see that they are fairly different to PC and Mac laptops. While they look similar, their operating system is a very stripped down Linux
VIEW POSTGuide to Using DDRescue to Recover Data
This guide was written by one of our forum members SilverLeaf and was originally written as a forum post. This guide is intended for people who are looking to do quality data recovery using free tools.
VIEW POSTMemory Testing Tips for Techs
Your client brings in a machine that is acting oddly. Certain applications either won’t run or they constantly crash, especially memory intensive ones. It reboots at seemingly random moments, with
VIEW POSTTech Insight on the Mobile Device Repair Industry
Mobile devices have a knack for jumping out of consumers’ hands without any advance notice, and the question that comes up immediately after the event is a very old one. Repair or replace? Technology
VIEW POSTIn Build vs Buy, Building Is Rarely the Better Option
Whitebox PC building has been an honored tradition among computer technicians for a long time already. I have a lot of respect for those who see the value and quality in a computer built with the full
VIEW POSTPSU Testing Basics for Techs
The computer just won’t boot up. Yes, the cord is plugged in, the PSU switch is on, and the red voltage switch on the back is set to the correct voltage. You’ve eliminated the possibility that
VIEW POSTHow to Mitigate the Risks of BYOD for Your Business Customers
The Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, revolution until recently was naively believed to be a problem affecting big business solely. Whether we like it or not, this just purely turned out to not be the case.
VIEW POSTTablets vs Laptops: Helping Your Customers Decide Which to Get
Tablet or laptop? This is the new million dollar question on our customers’ minds, and I hear it a few times a month now. While technicians such as ourselves can easily decipher which is best for
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