Comments on: The Wipe and Reload http://blog.thenitetechs.com/2008/12/the-wipe-and-reload/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cokehead http://blog.thenitetechs.com/2008/12/the-wipe-and-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Cokehead Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:15:03 +0000 http://blog.thenitetechs.com/knowledge-base/the-wipe-and-reload#comment-221 At the repair shop I worked at, we'd usually make one, sometimes two backups of the system. The first is the clean system with drivers; the second is the clean system with all of their programs. Since most of our customers only came to our shop for repairing (The only competition is radioshack, but we had the advantage of having better customer service), we'd just toss the backups into the case. That way, the next time they had trouble, we'd know exactly where the discs were.<br><br>Before I left, I set up a backup hard drive for our most frequent customers. It contained backups of all of their systems, in a truecrypt partition. When you work in a small town and actually lower your prices for repeat customers, people keep coming back for basically anything. Half the time I was buying things for the customers and charging a small fee for it - the way they saw it, they would save money because they wouldn't have ever bought the wrong thing! At the repair shop I worked at, we'd usually make one, sometimes two backups of the system. The first is the clean system with drivers; the second is the clean system with all of their programs. Since most of our customers only came to our shop for repairing (The only competition is radioshack, but we had the advantage of having better customer service), we'd just toss the backups into the case. That way, the next time they had trouble, we'd know exactly where the discs were.

Before I left, I set up a backup hard drive for our most frequent customers. It contained backups of all of their systems, in a truecrypt partition. When you work in a small town and actually lower your prices for repeat customers, people keep coming back for basically anything. Half the time I was buying things for the customers and charging a small fee for it – the way they saw it, they would save money because they wouldn't have ever bought the wrong thing!

]]> By: Clarkson http://blog.thenitetechs.com/2008/12/the-wipe-and-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Clarkson Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:06:52 +0000 http://blog.thenitetechs.com/knowledge-base/the-wipe-and-reload#comment-222 I use modified XP install cds/dvds that use WPI, that slipstream all the latest service packs/fixes from MS, plus auto-installs as much software as you want, so when you first boot into your fresh system, it already has AV, anti-spyware, etc installed. Highly recommended. I use modified XP install cds/dvds that use WPI, that slipstream all the latest service packs/fixes from MS, plus auto-installs as much software as you want, so when you first boot into your fresh system, it already has AV, anti-spyware, etc installed. Highly recommended.

]]> By: Cokehead http://blog.thenitetechs.com/2008/12/the-wipe-and-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Cokehead Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:15:03 +0000 http://blog.thenitetechs.com/knowledge-base/the-wipe-and-reload#comment-49 At the repair shop I worked at, we'd usually make one, sometimes two backups of the system. The first is the clean system with drivers; the second is the clean system with all of their programs. Since most of our customers only came to our shop for repairing (The only competition is radioshack, but we had the advantage of having better customer service), we'd just toss the backups into the case. That way, the next time they had trouble, we'd know exactly where the discs were.<br><br>Before I left, I set up a backup hard drive for our most frequent customers. It contained backups of all of their systems, in a truecrypt partition. When you work in a small town and actually lower your prices for repeat customers, people keep coming back for basically anything. Half the time I was buying things for the customers and charging a small fee for it - the way they saw it, they would save money because they wouldn't have ever bought the wrong thing! At the repair shop I worked at, we'd usually make one, sometimes two backups of the system. The first is the clean system with drivers; the second is the clean system with all of their programs. Since most of our customers only came to our shop for repairing (The only competition is radioshack, but we had the advantage of having better customer service), we'd just toss the backups into the case. That way, the next time they had trouble, we'd know exactly where the discs were.

Before I left, I set up a backup hard drive for our most frequent customers. It contained backups of all of their systems, in a truecrypt partition. When you work in a small town and actually lower your prices for repeat customers, people keep coming back for basically anything. Half the time I was buying things for the customers and charging a small fee for it – the way they saw it, they would save money because they wouldn't have ever bought the wrong thing!

]]> By: Clarkson http://blog.thenitetechs.com/2008/12/the-wipe-and-reload/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Clarkson Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:06:52 +0000 http://blog.thenitetechs.com/knowledge-base/the-wipe-and-reload#comment-48 I use modified XP install cds/dvds that use WPI, that slipstream all the latest service packs/fixes from MS, plus auto-installs as much software as you want, so when you first boot into your fresh system, it already has AV, anti-spyware, etc installed. Highly recommended. I use modified XP install cds/dvds that use WPI, that slipstream all the latest service packs/fixes from MS, plus auto-installs as much software as you want, so when you first boot into your fresh system, it already has AV, anti-spyware, etc installed. Highly recommended.

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