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geeker001

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Re: It's Screwed NOW

format c: does not cure all. lol let some techs answer these questions. I am a tech and there are boot viruses as well as cmos viruses that a simple format will not cure. Not to mention if you are using a floppy to clean your system or to format your p.c. it may be infected as well. doing a low level format should fix most new computers that have the cmos on the hard drive instead of hard coded on the motherboard. Other wise you have to find the dip switches to reset your cmos chip or reprogram it for older computers. I don't belong to the geek squad but if you think fixing a computer is easy as format c: your dead wrong.

Giancarlo

inteller
Sociopaths always win.

join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK

Re: It's Screwed NOW

well, if that happens, best buy is just going to give you an estimate for a new computer.

(oh, and to the way above, I've always felt if you have to mention certifications, you aren't a real tech) Real techs get their creds in the trenches.
Natfly

join:2004-02-26
Fairfax, VA

Re: It's Screwed NOW

said by inteller See Profile:
well, if that happens, best buy is just going to give you an estimate for a new computer.

Yes, I'm sure thats exactly what they will do ...being that no one from best buy is possibly qualified to work on any electronics..

said by inteller See Profile:

(oh, and to the way above, I've always felt if you have to mention certifications, you aren't a real tech) Real techs get their creds in the trenches.

Wow, I didn't know that certifications actually made you not certified to be a technician... "you aren't a real tech" what type of BS is that? Certifications help establish credibility, although experience is invaluable.
techwow16

join:2004-06-25
Noblesville, IN

Re: It's Screwed NOW

Best Buy has had it's ups and downs and several employees have got screwed by the company, including me. Most of the technicians that work for Best Buy do know computers and electronics and like me have B.S. degrees in computers and are stuck at Best Buy trying to get experience to advance into other careers. It can be very hard to advance after working on computers in a retail setting. A lot of why Best Buy has had problems is because of the controlling factors of Management, Staffing, Constant customer interactions, and our Service Centers that are too far away from the stores. Best Buy hasn't always had a good service reputation, but with Geek Squad coming in, I thing Best Buy has more potential than they would have ever had on their own.

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said by inteller See Profile:
(oh, and to the way above, I've always felt if you have to mention certifications, you aren't a real tech) Real techs get their creds in the trenches.

I got the certs because my job paid for them and required them. Otherwise I wouldn't have bothered.
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insomniac84

join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
Considering I haven't seen one computer infected with the virii you speak of, I don't think BB is going to have a problem. Don't try to make things more complicated than they are by introducing a scenario that isn't going to happen.
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