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Blade_Jones · 04-30-2009, 10:41 PM

I recently started my own computer repair biz, so I want to know about my competition. From what I've heard it doesn't seem like Geek Squad wants to put much time into repairing computers. It seems like they would rather just reformat a drive and reinstall Windows before they do something like edit a registry. By the way how much do they charge to do a diagnostic + re-installation of Windows?

And what are these "Geek Squad tools"? I'm guessing that they use the same tools the rest of us use, like ERD Commander, MemTest86, OphCrack, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, etc.

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Blade_Jones Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pacific Palisades, CA Posts: 439 OS: 2000, XP, Vista, Ubuntu	Geek Squad questions I recently started my own computer repair biz, so I want to know about my competition. From what I've heard it doesn't seem like Geek Squad wants to put much time into repairing computers. It seems like they would rather just reformat a drive and reinstall Windows before they do something like edit a registry. By the way how much do they charge to do a diagnostic + re-installation of Windows? And what are these "Geek Squad tools"? I'm guessing that they use the same tools the rest of us use, like ERD Commander, MemTest86, OphCrack, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, etc.