On 09/01/11 10:14, Peter Merchant wrote: >> On another front, A friend using XP had his computer fail. It was in >> perennial reboot mode. It had 40G hard disk that was full, and I think >> they had unplugged it to stop it when it ceased to work for them. Thanks >> to Ubuntu disk I was able to boot the live disk, copy 18 GB of data onto >> a backup disk of mine, repartition so that there was a data partition, >> and then once I had sorted out XP, get them back working again. But not >> for long I fear. Unless they do some data maintenance It will occur >> again. >> > Can anyone recommend a PC support person/organisation who I can > recommend to my friend? Since his retirement on Medical grounds about 18 > months ago he has been using friends and his ex-employers IT department > to keep things up and running.
RapidPCs in Christchurch are both very good and reasonably priced. Their turnaround is pretty swift too. > As a friend I don't want to charge, but also do not want to spend lots > of my time sorting him out. His main problem is basically that they do > not do any maintenance on the PC's, and his son has stuffed it full of > programs like Autocad. > > Perhaps not appropriate here as it's XP. ( But in my sorting out of his > computer it nearly became Ubuntu!) Well, that's a sensible alternative to patching up XP every time it keels over. Of course, it depends upon what the PC is used for, but if like my family PCs/laptops it is mostly for browsing, email and word processing then it is an ideal low-maintenance solution worth considering. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2011-01-11 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
