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Buff · 02-01-2005, 09:28 PM

Somebody brings in their new computer and their old computer and they want us to transfer all the data from their old computer to their new computer. When that is done they want the old computer wiped clean and Windows 98 put back on it. (They were using 2KPro and the computer shouldn't have been able to handle it) Upon being asked they say everything they want is all in their "My Documents" folder. Ok, sounds easy.

They don't tell you that they want data from programs such as accounting programs and others, or the programs transfered over, not to mention they don't provide the disks to install the programs on the new computer. The old computer is already wiped clean and 98 is installed and they can't figure out why the old data can't be retrieved.

I had to backup another persons data to wipe their HDD clean and reinstall Windows... they specified that the only thing they want backed up is a folder called "Misc". Anything else doesn't matter. Well I got their word docs, spreadsheets and client info backed up. Stuff that they didn't care about losing (I later asked and they didn't have all that stuff backed up). Non of this stuff was in the Misc folder. What was in it? pR0n. They were more interested in saving their pR0n than the files crucial to their business!

You agree to fix a family members computer and do some extra stuff on the computer for them. You tell them that it will take 2-3 hours. They bring it to your house and 1/2 hour later they're saying "How much longer? Geez if I would've known it was going to takethis long I would've left it here!"... uh, Slappy, I told you how long it will take!

While still in school I played a good prank in one of the labs. In this lab the computers were linedup down two rows. Each row had 10 computers on each side (so 20 computers) I took the mice and keyboards from the 10 computers on one side and phyically swapped them with the mice and keyboards on the other side. I just didn't unplug them from the computers. It took the proctor about 1.5 hrs to figure out what happened!

02-01-2005, 09:28 PM	#32
Buff Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: I don't belong here Exp:	Somebody brings in their new computer and their old computer and they want us to transfer all the data from their old computer to their new computer. When that is done they want the old computer wiped clean and Windows 98 put back on it. (They were using 2KPro and the computer shouldn't have been able to handle it) Upon being asked they say everything they want is all in their "My Documents" folder. Ok, sounds easy. They don't tell you that they want data from programs such as accounting programs and others, or the programs transfered over, not to mention they don't provide the disks to install the programs on the new computer. The old computer is already wiped clean and 98 is installed and they can't figure out why the old data can't be retrieved. I had to backup another persons data to wipe their HDD clean and reinstall Windows... they specified that the only thing they want backed up is a folder called "Misc". Anything else doesn't matter. Well I got their word docs, spreadsheets and client info backed up. Stuff that they didn't care about losing (I later asked and they didn't have all that stuff backed up). Non of this stuff was in the Misc folder. What was in it? pR0n. They were more interested in saving their pR0n than the files crucial to their business! You agree to fix a family members computer and do some extra stuff on the computer for them. You tell them that it will take 2-3 hours. They bring it to your house and 1/2 hour later they're saying "How much longer? Geez if I would've known it was going to takethis long I would've left it here!"... uh, Slappy, I told you how long it will take! While still in school I played a good prank in one of the labs. In this lab the computers were linedup down two rows. Each row had 10 computers on each side (so 20 computers) I took the mice and keyboards from the 10 computers on one side and phyically swapped them with the mice and keyboards on the other side. I just didn't unplug them from the computers. It took the proctor about 1.5 hrs to figure out what happened!