How to Use Your Computer to Repair My Computer
- 1). Share hardware to determine if hardware is an issue. For example if the audio card fails on the first PC. Remove the audio card from the second PC and install it into the first one. Start up the first PC to determine if the issue has been solved with known working hardware. This process can be applied to a number of other components, such as hard drives and video cards. In addition, the component from the first PC can be installed into the second to diagnose it.
- 2). Use the second computer for research. Sometimes the malfunctioning computer will not allow the user to connect to the Internet. The Internet can be very helpful in diagnosing problems a computer may have. The second computer can help by providing a working link to the Internet.
- 3). Burn boot and repair disks on the second computer. Perhaps the most valuable service the second computer can offer is that of being able to burn boot disks and repair tools for the first computer. A computer that will not boot into Windows, for example, may require a boot disk but is unable to download the boot disk from Microsoft. The second computer can do this for the first.
- 4). Employ remote assistance. Setting up a remote connection between two computers can have an expert on the second computer connect with a novice on the first. The expert will be able to control the novice's computer remotely and hopefully repair it.
