Modus Operandi: October 16, 2011

My 32 bit images of Windows XP Pro SP2 require a minimum 1 GB of RAM.
~ Vista Lite Ultimate needs 1+ GB RAM
~ 7 Ultimate needs minimum 2 GB RAM
Windows 7 64 bit image can utilize more than 3 GB RAM

1.  Remove customer's HD.

2.  Attach customers HD to my PC.

3.  Boot Vista Lite on my working HD. 
    On first boot, Windows will automatically fix file system errors on customer's HD. Sometimes, however, the file system is
    so badly corrupted it is neccessary to perform a chkdsk /r using the rocovery console of the Windows XP installation CD.

4.  Use Sequoia to browse customer's HD.

5.  If necessary take ownership of custmer's data folders.

6.  Move customer's data to my HD.
    If customer has many gigs of data then I proceed to remove dust from Desktop PC

7.  Use Bootit NG to wipe Customer's HD making it entirely free space.

8.  Use Bootit NG to deploy image of Windows XP, Vista or 7 from my HD to customer's
    While image is deploying, I proceed to remove dust from desktop PC by using a 120 PSI air compressor.
    Sometimes I travel lightly and will remove the dust using paper towels, tooth brush, paint brush and Q-tips + my breath.

Removing dust involves dismantling the PC.  Dust is removed from:
the propellers of fans, inside the power supply, the heat sink, PCI cards, the motherboard, female interfaces like NIC, USB
and modem.  Dust removal from laptops is more complicated, requiring more difficult disassembly and reassembly.

9.  Copy back customer's data from my HD to theirs.

10. Replace customer's HD into customer's PC

11. Almost always, I must enter bios to change SATA operation from AHCI to ATA, IDE, Auto or compatibility.

Many times a restored image will not boot on first try. 

For Windows XP images, a black screen or a disk read error can be fixed by BootitNG.  When viewing the properties 
of the boot partition the following pops up:

Invalid Head and SPT Values exist in the BPB. Fix it? Yes/no
Type "y" for yes and problem is solved!

A repair installation on top of my images of Windows XP is sometimes necessary because the deployment of Windows XP
involves the use of 7 different HAL files. Typically some Pentium 4s and older Pentium IIIs require this procedure which
causes the Nero 7 ultra already installed on my images to malfunction.  Following a repair installation of Windows XP,
Nero must be uninstalled then reinstalled.

See http://drpcdr.ca/repairxp.txt.  

Frequently, the Vista or Win 7 Boot Recovery disk is needed to perform initial boot repairs because the images of Windows
were created on a HD with a different signature.

The Boot repair disks can be downloaded from the following links:
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/download-windows-vista-x64-recovery-disc/
http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/


Sometimes the Vista or Win 7 image will not boot on some PCs.

If so, I boot customer's HD on my PC. 
Then I use regedit to edit registry settings of HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/

Change the start DWORD values for msahci from 3 to 0 and, pciide 
from 0 to 3.

I replace customer's HD into customer's PC and bingo! it usually boots!

Acer and some other HDs automatically morph the file system of the boot partition, preventing the OS from booting up.
The remedy is to deploy a small dummy active partition first in step 8 above. 
Then below that deploy the real boot partition. Try to boot Windows on customer's PC. Use BootitNG to confirm active dummy 
partition has changed.  Then set active the real boot partition below morphed dummy partition. 
Now Windows should boot normally!  This works best for Windows Vista and Windows 7.  May NOT work for XP. 
Why does Acer do this?

12.  Upon first boot, I respond appropriately to the detect new hardware wizard
     When the wizard has finished, I Reboot PC. Then I use device manager and AIDA64 to determine the identity of the 
     devices in need of drivers.

13.  If necessary, I download the device drivers from the manufacturer's website and install them.

14.  I install peripheral devices like printer and webcam.

15.  I use Bootit NG to image drive C:\ and paste image files onto drive D:\.  Just before I create the image of C:\, I
     schedule a scandisk to automatically fix file system errors on drive D:\. I also use Avast Antivirus to schedule a 
     boot-time scan to automatically delete virus-infected files on drive D:\. This means these scans will execute 
     on the first boot after the image of C:\ is restored. 

Images get old.  Therfore, I have included some information regarding updating Avast Antivirus to version 6 and scheduling 
a boot-time scan.  See http://drpcdr.ca/April_2011.pdf

Sometimes Bootit NG will NOT successfully create the image using the customer's PC.
If I get an error message, "image stream is corrupt"  then I remove customer's HD and image it using my PC.
If I get an error message, "error reading from file" then I remove customer's HD and copy the C:\ partition to a spare HD.
Then I image the copied C:\ partition and paste it to the data partition of the customer's HD.

16.  I provide a rescue kit and BARK WARNINGS about the possible misuse of BootitNG!
     The rescue kit consists of a double sided laminated 8.5 X 11 instruction sheet, BootitNG boot rescue CD 
     and an 8 minute instructional video DVD. The rescue allows my customers to repair Windows themselves without the loss of 
     data!

My images of Windows are multi-user (3-7 users).  Also, I set the privacy settings of IE and Firefox to remember nothing!
Also upon logoff, shutdown and restart, Il System Wiper erases temporary Internet files, browser history and cookies.
I deliberately turn off system restore and Windows update.
I have lite and loaded images of Windows including a 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate for people who do video editing.

The text on my new business cards:

DrPCDr.ca I Fix Your Computer
Chris' Rescue Saves You Money
I Save Data, Wipe HD, Image C:
Fix 2 For $100+ 647 453 3327

Notice the Jedi Knight trick on line 1
I am NOT a store and fixing 1 PC consumes 3+ hours.
If I multitask, fixing more than 1 PC simultaneously, then I can offer a discount.

Things have been rough financially and I am surviving by dining with the homeless at soup kitchens in downtown Toronto!

Computer repairs will always be in demand. However, people are slow to repair their computers because they cannot afford 
to fix them immediately! 

I have no images for Mac yet. Can't get my hands on a recent Mac! (2009+)

My lite images of Windows contain the following:

Browsers:

IE 7 and 8
Firefox 7b
Google Chrome
Google Earth
Kindle Cloud Reader

Browser Support:

Java, Flash, shockwave and authorware.

Business:

Express Invoice

Calendar + Email:

Essential pim 3.54
e-motional greeting card 1.2
Outlook 2010 on Windows 7 Ultimate
Outlook 2007 (XP and Vista Ultimate Lite)

CD DVD Burn:

Nero 7 Ultra 7.10.1.0
DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0
DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15
Power ISO 4.4
UnderCoverXP V1.22
Iso Buster 2.8

Chat:

Paltalk Messenger 10
Skype Messenger 4.2.0.169
Win Live Messenger 2009 build 14.0.8117.416
Yahoo Messenger 11.0.0.2009-US

Cleaners:

CCleaner
HijackThis v2.0.2
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.51.1.1800
Regseeker

DJ:

Fruity Loops Studio 9 (producer edition)
Sound Forge Pro 10.0
Traktor DJ Studio 3
Virtual DJ Pro 7
WavePad Sound Editor 4.24

Downloaders:

UTorrent 1.8.4 (build 16688)
Ares 2.1.6.3040
Encrypted FTP v3.3.1.145
Free YouTube Download
Free YouTube to MP3 Converter
Free YouTube Uploader
HiDownload 7.03
LimeWire working Pirate Edition

Fax Phone Scan:

ABBYY Scan To Office Build 1.0.0.899
Phone Tray Free 1.37
Windows 7 Ultimate version 6.1 (build 7600) Fax and Scan
RKS Fax 1.23 on XP and Vista Ultimate Lite images.

Gaymz:

103+ old skool games

Graphics:

Adobe Reader X
Camtasia Studio 7
DirectX
My Professional Business cards
Photo Filter 1.0
XNView version 1.965
Yawcam 0.3.3

Help:

MS Office 2010 step by step
MS Office Visio 2007 step by step
PC Basic Training 3.0, 1997

MS Office:

MS Office 2010 entire suite of programs on Windows 7
MS Office 2007 entire suite of programs on XP and Vista

Players:

DVD Region + CSS Free 5.9.8.3
iTunes 10.4.0.80
QuickTime Player version
RealPlayer SP version 1.0
VLC media player 1.1.11
Winamp 2.95

Rescue PC:

BootitNG software
BootitNG.iso creates rescue CD

Security:

Avast Antivirus 6.0.1203
iL System Wiper 2.4.1 (no longer developed)
PC Tools Firewall Plus version 6.0.0.88 (on Vista and 7 Ultimate)
sygate Firewall pro 5.5 on XP
SpywareBlaster 4.4
WinPatrol v 17.0.2010.0:17.0.2010.0

Tools:

7-Zip 4.65
Aida64 version 1.20.1150
Diskeeper 2010 build 14.0.900.0
doPDF 7.2
IZArc 4.1
PDF password remover 3.0
Process Explorer 12.04
Sequoia View 1.3 (no longer developed)
Stellar Phoenix 4.1.0.1
System Info for Windows 2010 (build 0310)
notepad++.

Typing:

English Grammar for Windows version 3.0
Writing HTML version 3.0.2, July 1997
Kid's typing skills
Kiran's Typing Tutor v 1.0
KP Typing Tutor v 7.2
Rapid Typing tutor v 2.9.7
Stamina 2.5

My loaded images of Windows have the above plus the following:

Adobe Acrobat Pro 9
Adobe Indesign CS5
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Autocad 2008
Corel Draw X5
Quark Xpress 6.1

My 64 bit Windows 7 ultimate contains the above (minus Autocad 2008 and Quark Xpress) plus the following:
Adobe Premiere CS5 
Adobe After Effects CS5