This lenovo x61 nice little machine had an interesting problem. A freezing computer. Which turned out to be because of the “failing” solid state hard drive. Crucial c300 SSD was residing in this x61 laptop when during normal session in windows 7. Computer would start to freeze, or “think” longer than it was supposed to. Before we knew it was SSD we thought perhaps it was a virus, but it all sounded like a failing drive even when we first spoke on the phone with the customer.

Customer then went and purchased a new solid state drive 128GB made by intel. And luckily for him, he had one of those external automatic backup drives called elephant2go. These drives supposedly automatically make an image of your existing hard drive only by pluging it into computers USB slot. So here is where the trouble started.

we installed new drive, but this automatic backup drive works only from windows environment. And low and behold last backup he performed, was from already failed ssd drive, so when we went browsing for backed up data on it, some files were corrupted, just like on the failing drive. so the drive basically copied over data from the bad sectors as well, hence files were corrupted.

The we browsed the external drive a little longer and found a (vhd) file, which is windows 7 virtual hard disk file. it contained saved windows 7 image of all files in perfect condition. After we transferred it to the new hard drive, made a new boot sector and windows 7 came back to life on lenovo x61.

So the automatic backup drives have become more popular now and offer very easy, no brain needed, just-plug-in-and-it-will-do-it-for-you backup solution. However its not as easy as it sounds. I understand when the problem is a virus or something else. I can’t even think of what. Where your windows starts back up and drive can do it’s work.

But what if your drive fails and you can not start windows. What if the file system gets an error and you can’t boot windows, but constantly gets stuck on safe mode screen. What would a user do then? The drive sort of becomes worthless if you don’t know how to do advanced windows stuff. At least this drive was, because there was no way of booting computer from it. Then you have to call guys like us. who know more and can help you get your data back safe and untouched.

as for automatic backup. we did some research and found that ClickFree c6 drive provides quite a great solution to this problem. Although it also has some down side to it.

so the good thing about it – it is bootable. that means if your drive fails, you can put new drive in, boot computer from the backup c6 click free drive and write an image file to your new hard drive. That means you will have same computer, same programs, same folders, same files, etc. Everything the way it was. because in simple words, hard drive image file is an identical copy of your hard drive, which can be extracted onto any same size or bigger drive (not smaller).

C6 clickfree however is not so user friendly. That means you can not just go browsing it looking for the document you accidentally lost. You will have to do a restore first to the older date and then your files will be available. you can not just go and pull one file out, unfortunately.

there are pros and cons to this as you see, but backup image is better than no backup image. Therefore we do recommend this drive highly, especially after seeing so many customers drives crash beyond repair and especially seeing their sad faces, when they had to call data recovery company and were asked for hundreds of dollars to extract the data in more advanced way.

So check it out. we think its a must have and better than nothing data backup tool for a very decent price:

and for all other computer questions or repairs, feel free to call us at 877-938-8777 overnight pc repair is here to help you any time!

You want to know what happens when you damage dc jack on the laptop? Well, it stops giving power to the pc and it stops working. And do you want to know what happens when you wiggle it for a while with adapter plug and still try to make it work? Simple too: You run into much more problems.

Like this case of IBM Lenovo SL400 where dc jack was broken. We ordered the jack, it came in in couple of days. We proceed to install and no luck, because the brackets in the bottom case, where dc jack is supposed to rest tightly were broken.

Client did not want invest any more money into repair, so he said lets just leave it dangling. However it was only temporary solution and we went ahead and ordered the bottom case as well.

The only bad part was there weren’t any bottom base covers available in the USA (for decent price) So we had to ship it from the motherland of plastic – China! It took about ten days to get that. Which is not too bad really.

Lesson here is simple. if you suspect your laptop dc jack is damaged don’t damage it any further. bring it to overnight pc repair and get it fixed you will save in the long run and prevent further complications.

call us any time with any laptop or desktop computer repair problem. we work 7 days a week! call us at 877-938-8777

This Fujitsu laptop had an unusual problem. Its fan was rattling and was making so much noise. it’s owner was embarrassed to use it in the classroom! I tell you, it was pretty damned loud!

And apparently it was already fixed once by some guy in orange county, however still was making a lot of noise!

Without any guessing, we decided it needs to be taken apart and looked at, because there is no other way you can check it out without opening laptop up and getting to the fan physically.

We have had cases in the past where the fan would rattle and they needed to be replaced. We thought this might be the case too. However it turned out that the little screw holding the fan in place was a little loose and it had some play in it. so the fan when spinning fast would start vibrating where the little gap was and it was creating a noise because of that.

The problem was fixed in about 2 hours! customers came in, took a look or actually took a “hear” and said wow much better!!! he was happy to get his fujitsu laptop back better than he found it!

We were happy to have another happy client at overnight pc repair – fastest computer service place in los angeles!

call us at 310-775-2397 to get your computer or laptop fixed! we do house calls and also come to your office!

So this is what FBI Virus looks like when you get it. Honestly I have never seen this image. I had to go find one on google. Nonetheless I have cleaned fbi virus also known as ransom virus many many times. I know it will sound spooky, but many times when people bring their computers to our shop, they either start working or act totally differently as when they were at home. its like taking car to a mechanic, I hear. Once you’re the problem is not so obvious.

Same happened with these viruses and I am yet anxious to take a picture of it myself. Unfortunately it hasn’t ever showed up right away and I don’t really like to sit and wait there for it. like today, when clients computer was infected with this fbi ransom virus, he said his computer was locked up and he couldn’t use it. He restarted it few times, tried safe mode and everything else, but couldn’t get in.

Well, for me it was a bit different experience. I got in this time pretty easily and was able to modify the registry and so the infected processes don’t even start and then clean the rest of them out. Mind you this guy also had norton internet security, which he was paying for and it still didn’t protect anything.

so to end, I can tell you from experience, that I clean spyware all the time for peoples computers that are protected with AVG, Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro, Microsoft Security Essentials and other worthless computer security.

Get Kaspersky internet security 2013 if you want to be protected well from fbi virus and rest of spyware and viruses.

and if you get stuck please call overnight pc repair at 818-532-9333 or visit us at the store 22641 Ventura bl. Woodland Hills, Ca 91364

This topic has been posted many times in many different places, but everytime I see someone using their computer, I cringe because of how slow people move in their work and sometimes even struggle. All this can be prevented with Only a fey keyboard combinations or shortcuts that, trust me, will make your life so muuuuuuuch easier!!!

here is the list of the most popular Windows Shortcuts I personally use a LOT! They apply to windows 7, Windows vista and Windows XP.

1. Windows Key +E (opens windows explorer)

2. Windows Key + R (opens Run box)

3. windows Key + D ( show Desktop) If you’re have multiple windows open, this quickly switches back to desktop and back.

4.  Alt+ TAB ( Switches through opened applications, useful when some programs run in full screen)

5. Control +C, Control +V, Control+Z, Control +Y, Control+S (Copy, paste, Undo, Redo, Save)

6. Windows Key + Pause/break ( this takes you System information, otherwise accessible by right clicking my computer icon and going to properties. Very useful, unfortunately, not all keyboards have Pause/Break in one key. most of the desktop keyboards do, however with laptops its a luxury)

7. Control + L (if you use browsers like Mozilla, chrome and internet explorer, this shortcut will help you highlight the URL box, so you can start typing new Web Address immediately. this one is very cool and very useful and must be used by everyone!)

8. Alt + F4 ( closed the currently open window of an active application)

9. Control + J ( also a browser shortcut that lets you access download window in all popular browsers when they are open)

10. Control + Alt + Delete ( this is the oldest most known shortcut that opens Task Manager)

11. Control with + or - (Zooms in or out in the popular browsers)

if I remember any more I will add them, if you use these not only your life will be easier, but also you will look cooler in front of your friends, working a keyboard like a ninja without them knowing what you pressed to get where you want to get fast!!!