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Required Tools for PC Repair?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-do-you-use dept.

kennethrona asks: "I seem to be spending a lot of my time installing friends' WiFi access points, replacing power supplies, hard disks, blocking ports, installing software, etc. I can usually find any of the software I need on-line, but am thinking about putting together a "toolkit" for PC repair. What tools, both hardware and software, does the community think are essential for PC repair? Bonus points for free software (I always install a free firewall and spyware checker). Also, keep in mind that most folks are running Windows."

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  1. Needed tools to successfuly fix computer by Smartcowboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    1- Bible
    2- Holy water
    3- Garlic
    4- Sacrificial knife
    5- Lambs

  2. Non-Essential Tools by Inexile2002 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I used to work in a Future Shop with an in house repair shop. During some renovations, some contractor left some fairly heavy tools around that he took forever to come and pick up. (We had the damn things for almost 6 months.) These were serious construction tools like big ass drills with 2 foot bits, woodworking stuff, nail guns etc. For some reason, these tools were on the shelves in the repair area.

    You could see into the shop through some bay windows, and every now and then the repair guys would haul out this old broken down HP desktop they had and "work on it" with the heavy tools. We'd get a kick out of watching customers watch our repair guys go at a desktop with a rotating saw and a nailgun.