Computer Technician

Acer Restore Type Mismatch Error

Recently I’ve been working on quite a few Acer desktop PCs with hard drive failures.  The specific model, AM5641, has a quirk when it comes to the restore media working, in that unless the hard drive is partitioned as an NTFS volume, the restore process gives a ‘type mismatch’ error right after making a language [...]

Restoring vs. Cleaning Computer after Infected by Virus

I’ve noticed for quite some time that many of the local Bakersfield computer techs (and I’m sure elsewhere) have been pushing to ‘clean’ Windows-based computers of viruses.  What I find interesting is few technicians focus on restoring a computer back to its original state. In my opinion and experience, cleaning a computer should be the [...]