Pro Computers did what no other computer expert in the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia area could do. The owner is extremely knowledgeable, professional, and an amazing expert beyond description.
Our PROBLEM: Our desk top computer stopped. Only showed a black screen. FIRST: We called Geek Squad. We were glad they came on line and after a couple hours a technician was able to restore the computer to working condition. What Geek Squad did NOT say, and we later learned from Pro Computers, is that a ten year old computer that is slowing down, and having problems starting, is a strong indication that the hard drive is failing and all your data needs to be protected by having a full system backup. In a few days the hard drive stopped again. Geek Squad advised "take to the Best Buy store". Drove to Best Buy. Found Second problem: back up external hard drive also failed. Data could not be recovered and transferred to a new computer (which salesman was eager to sell). This would take too long.
SECOND: Drove to Micro Center for a second opinion. Micro Center sales had a new computer with full service warranty and SSD, and data would be transferred in ONE DAY. Price of the new computer and data transfer was about $1,000. FOUR DAYS later Micro Center was unable to transfer data. Hard drive would have to be sent to a third party company for data recovery; unknown cost would be from $400 to $2000.
THIRD. Drove to Pro Computers in Annandale. The owner has 30 years experience and fixes everything that the younger technicians at Geek Squad and Micro Center have no idea how to repair. He opened the desktop up right away and quickly found that the hard drive was broken. He said, "Its going to be difficult, but I know how to do it if it can be done. I might have to go on line and find an old part that is exactly like the one you have, take both apart, and put together two working pieces. It might take a couple of days." The next day he found a part on line, fixed the broken hard drive to recover ALL the lost data, replaced the hard drive with an SSD, upgraded the ram, charged a MOST reasonable price which saved us over $500, told us that our upgraded desk top box computer would last at least 5 years, gave us the name of the best back up drive & where to buy it, and gave us several tips on protecting our computer and data in the future. PRO COMPUTERS IS WAY AHEAD OF ALL THE OTHER COMPUTER EXPERTS! I would have gone to Pro Computers first, except my better half thought she needed a "new" computer. Now she understands more and she is very, very happy! read more