PickaxeFairy

Engineer/Tech guys giving false info and talking gobbledygook to ordinary people is more common than most of us would like. For example, a lady at my workplace was telling me recently how one of these tech guys came into her home to install a wireless modem and router (2 separate devices).

He proceeded to install the devices in an upstairs room while her Dell PC was downstairs in her living room. He tested that the modem and router were working by installing the wi-fi connection device to her son's laptop then, before leaving, told her to run the connection software on her Dell PC and that would be that.

As you can imagine, her main PC could not connect to the modem or router because it did not have a wi-fi device, she was livid because she had been mislead by someone who could not be bothered to do his job properly.

So what do you do, simple tell your tech guy to install a PCI to USB2.0 card in your PC and get him to test it is working properly by attaching your external HD to one of the new USB2.0 ports. Also, insure that your external HD is assigned an appropriate letter, such as anything above F:\, so that there are no conflicts with your current DVD or CD drives.

Finally, watch the guy from start to finish to see what he is doing, he may not like this but as he is coming into your home so he has to abide by your rules.

Good Luck


UK Bob