Computer Repair

My name is Shane and I work at the Fas Mart in South Coeburn. I have been repairing computers for a while, but mostly friends and family. If you need any computer repairs I am willing to do the work for a low cost. You can contact me or leave a message at my store. Thank you.

DriveImageXML

Sorry for the late posting, for those of you who follow my site. My wife and I have been going through a lot recently. I have switched jobs again, we just a had baby boy March 23, and my little girl is getting rotten as ever. Everything went well though. Now onto the update. I recently discovered a program that can back up your windows installation. It is really great. It is called DriveImageXML. It is really great to use after doing a complete reinstall, with all of your drivers and games. Then you back it up with DriveImage. The next reinstall after you back up your windows installation will be with DriveImageXML. Within fifteen minutes, you are back to all your games and drivers installed. It is nice to be able to reinstall Windows without reinstalling countless number of programs, drivers, games, etc. It usually takes me a couple of days, due to work and the kids, to do a reinstall without DriveImage. It does only work while windows is active, (unless you build a windows live cd with BartPE). Later I will give instructions on how to do this, but for now I will give a link to someone who already has them listed. You can access the steps by going to http://tipsfor.us/ghost-windows-xp-for-free/. The windows live (BartPE) disc will allow to restore the image even if you can't boot into windows. So if you get a bsod (Blue Screen of Death), just use the BartPE disc and restore from it. You will either need an extra partition, hard drive, or maybe compress it enough to fit on a disk for the DriveImage. But if you put it on a disk, you need 2 cd drives (1 CD drive and one DVD drive). I just put my backup on another partition. As always, if you have any questions or advice, feel free to suggest or ask. Have a great day everyone.

Happy Holidays!

I just want to wish everyone a wonderful time for the next couple of days. Be careful out there and have a ball (or whatever present you get). Merry Christmas everyone. :)

Free Security Pack for Windows

I have finally uploaded my free security pack to MegaUpload.com. This contains free security software I use personally. The software in the pack can be found on this site. This is just to make it easier for everyone that wants a clean, secure PC. You can now download this pack from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0Q3N1OGW. Just unrar, install all the software, and enjoy the free security pack. If you have any questions or issues, just let me know. Also, please let me know if this pack was helpful. Thank you and Happy Holidays.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Firing up the grill? Cooking in the oven? Eating out? However you are spending your Thanksgiving, I hope you enjoy it with Friends, Family, co-workers, etc. So put a smile on your face, make a few gobbles, and stuff yourself more than the turkey. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Unlocker

This is a really neat program. Have you ever tried to delete a file or folder and get this message?

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Well this free program will unlock the file and allow you to delete, stop or modify it. I used it for the file atapi.sys, which is needed to install Service Pack 3. It can also be useful for removing harmful files from your PC. You can download and read more on this program from http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

Windows Firewall

I have listed a firewall previously, but did not mention the Windows Firewall. The Windows Firewall can usually perform just as well. A firewall keeps intruders from accessing your systems files, private information, etc. To enable/disable Windows Firewall, click on Start>Control Panel>Windows Firewall. If you do not have a firewall installed, then I would recommend having this one on.