by Shane Grantham | Aug 14, 2024
I was working on a laptop with a hard drive problem this month. My client wanted it repaired if possible so I first wanted to back up the data in case it had failed. I removed the laptop cover and took out the hard drive. It was placed in a drive reader and...
by Shane Grantham | Feb 6, 2024
I had a data recovery project for a couple this month and it seemed pretty straight-forward. An external hard drive had years of data on it and it disappeared when my client was organizing it. I put the drive on one of my computers and proceeded to sift through it. ...
by Shane Grantham | Apr 4, 2018
A new computer repair client contacted me last month regarding a laptop that had display problems. They could tell the laptop had electrical power but, the screen was blank. When I got a hold of the laptop, It seemed ok in the video area. But as time went on, the...
by Shane Grantham | Jan 14, 2018
Last week someone new found me on Google and called me about their Lenovo all-in-one computer. “We were in FaceBook and all of a sudden a ‘No operating system’ error popped up on the screen. No matter what we do, it won’t go away.” We...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 26, 2017
Recently, I saw a social media post from someone who asked for computer help but didn’t want to pay for it. I ignored it since I can’t give away free services just like you probably don’t work for free, either. I give away enough free advice that I...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 14, 2017
Not long ago I was asked to help a business user with their dead laptop. They had toiled for a day or two trying to get Windows to start, but failed. When I got involved, I noticed it was a Windows 7 by the sticker on the hand-rest. That made it about seven years old...
