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I have always had the misfortune to have to fix peoples computers ever since I bought one in 1997, primarily friends and family. If I actually got paid for all the work I have done, I have no doubt that I would have a high end supercar in the driveway and would be living in a 60 square mansion in Toorak.
Anyway (shakes those wealth visions out of head), I havent done a lot in the last few years due to ill health. There is the good and bad with that - the good being my generosity doesnt get abused , the bad is that if you dont do something for a while you forget things.
Anyway, feeling a bit better and taking less brain scrambling drugs, I am looking at the essentials I should have. I used to have a ton of discs for everything, these days they are either antique or lost. So I was wondering if anyone who does computer repair for a living would like to comment on what they think are essential tools of the trade , be it anything software or hardware related. I dont/wont touch Apple products period, computers or phones.
Thanks in advance
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mirrors my past
these days only help family
malwarebytes free ed.
hard drive manufacturers diagnostic utilities
godmode [
Hiren's Boot CD/Diagnostics is handy to have.
copies of
xp
win 7 32 & 64
win 8 32 & 64, win 10 too i guess
malwarebytes, adwcleaner, password reset, activators?,
office for repairs
winrar, winzip, hard drive recovery
some free av's,
double driver is great too, if you backup the drivers, makes reinstall easy if it needs them
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All of the above. I also keep a spare USB drive for data backup before a re-load. Along with something like Nirsoft tools for product key recovery. And, of course, GetDataBackNT or similar. (Some of these tools are part of Hiren.) I also keep a copy of the UBCD4WIN on hand which is similar to Hirens.
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these days, I find a lot of computers don't have optical drives so ISOs of operating systems and utilities on usb sticks are a great option
particularly usb 3.0 drives as they are a lot faster on computers that have that capability
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