Tech DC Support
D.C. Computer Services:
- PC & Mac Computer Support
- Computer Training
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- Network Administration
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- Music Studio, Video Studio and Photo Studio Set Ups
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We recently helped someone in Adams Morgan upgrade their laptop to a larger hard drive. It was for an old Dell laptop running Windows XP (32-bit) that had an ATA (IDE) drive instead of one of the newer SATA drives.
Here are the steps to upgrade a hard drive. The EASEUS software is free for [...]
There are several Tivo hard drive upgrade guides out there. I recently had to upgrade a Tivo HD drive for a Virginia customer and realized that most guides out there either don’t work or are unnecessarily complicated. As a result, I’ve collected the simplest way to do it which requires just one command if [...]
Aspire One Upgrade Options
The Acer Aspire One comes with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB SATA Hard Drive. For an idea of its performance, please check out this video. RAM can be upgraded to 1.5GB by replacing a 512MB stick with 1GB. We recommend the Kingston PC2 4200 1GB Laptop Memory. The hard drive [...]
In Washington D.C., there are many organizations that need to wipe or destroy their data. Personal users should also be sure to thoroughly erase a hard drive before donating it. It’s common for scammers to search old computer drives for credit card and bank information.
I earlier noted Darik’s Boot and Nuke which is the [...]
A Fairfax, Virginia customer recently had an iMac 24″ Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz (the two year old white acrylic plastic model) that had a malfunctioning video card (random lines, ghost windows, static). Otherwise it worked great, so we decided to fix it.
Bad Video Card
Because the iMac was not under AppleCare warranty, [...]
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