Podnutz Daily #232 - Timster is Vindicated!

Steve is joined by Tim Kelly aka Timster at timscomputerfix.com

Running time: 1:01:37
Added: 22 Apr 2010

Computers worked on:

• Power jack repair on a Sony Vaio laptop

Topics, Tips, and Links Discussed:

• A general discussion of cloning problem drives, and hard drive recovery
• Steve likes Knoppix version 5.1 as a means for diagnosing hard drive problems (the current version is 6.2)
• Puppy Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that Timster also uses as a live CD
• Linux Basix is DoorToDoorGeek's new podcast
• Acronis Disk Imaging
• Ultimate Boot CD with SeaTools and MHDD
• DiskPatch from DIY DataRecovery is a commercial data recovery utility that Timster likes
• Scott Moulton from My Hard Drive Died has a series of hard drive recovery videos on youtube
• CrystalDiskInfo is a A HDD/SSD utility software which supports S.M.A.R.T. and a part of USB-HDD
• SlavaSoft HashCalc from SlavaSoft can be used to calculate a hash from a downloaded ISO and can be compared to the hashes supplied by Microsoft

Voicemails/Emails:

• Carlos calls with more discussion regarding valid Microsoft ISO's
• Arnie asks about boosting business with more residential service
• Wayne writes about motherboard troubleshooting for laptops
• Dave asks about wearing wrist straps while servicing computers
• Kevin asks about telemarketingn and google adwords
• Carlos has a Gateway laptop, that the lights come on but no video on the screen

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Music provided by Evan King
Notes by Mike Evans at datamike.net