"Sure, I can do that"

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

At 9am tommorrow I take posession of a mac Book Pro and a copy of Windows XP. I have to set it up to dual boot into XP. Not a big deal...

Except they are both localized Korean copies... I am in so much trouble...

[Msterbeau]

Go find instructions in English and work through it visually? (Presuming that everything is exactly the same from one to the next - Which it should be)

[Msterbeau]

Also:

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I've done iot before but never in Korean... Hopefully my memory holds and I can find a good vidual guide to help.

[Msterbeau]

There are guides on YouTube.

[prick]

I dont even know what you just said but I have faith in you.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Even though I think you are 98% wrong* in just about everything else, I am hoping that you are right on this one. Good luck, friend.

*bullshit statistic inserted for its comedic value

I don't find it all that funny. So, keep your comedic value insults to yourself please.

[taysteewonderbunny]

I don't find it all that funny. So, keep your comedic value insults to yourself please.

I seriously didn't mean to insult you. I meant to wish you good luck in your endeavor only in spite of our differences of opinion elsewhere. Because it was not received as intended, you have my apology. I am deleting that post.

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

I seriously didn't mean to insult you. I meant to wish you good luck in your endeavor only in spite of our differences of opinion elsewhere. Because it was not received as intended, you have my apology. I am deleting that post.

Oh. thats different then. I really thought you were being snarky.

I ended up not being able to do it. The client had taken the laptop to another "mac" shop to have it reloaded before it came here. They reloaded Mac OS but told him they wouldnot install Windows. They fucked up. They installed a OS 10.5 and his disks are 10.4. They did not fully install Bootcamp. To finish installing Bootcamp, i need the 10.5 disks.. which he doesn't have.

[creatureofthenyte]

Oh. thats different then. I really thought you were being snarky.

I ended up not being able to do it. The client had taken the laptop to another "mac" shop to have it reloaded before it came here. They reloaded Mac OS but told him they wouldnot install Windows. They fucked up. They installed a OS 10.5 and his disks are 10.4. They did not fully install Bootcamp. To finish installing Bootcamp, i need the 10.5 disks.. which he doesn't have.

At least it was not You who fucked it up...gotta feel relief about that I would think...

[Msterbeau]

Somehow, I think having to deal with the Korean language thing was going to end in tears one way or another, unless everyone involved can speak or read it. So why would he have different disks? Sounds like one big mess.

When I was in Japan, I had to deal with computers where all or part of the OS and software was in Japanese. Loads of fun. I was lucky I was familiar with the particular software packages or I would have been ripping my hair out. Wait..

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

Somehow, I think having to deal with the Korean language thing was going to end in tears one way or another, unless everyone involved can speak or read it. So why would he have different disks? Sounds like one big mess.

When I was in Japan, I had to deal with computers where all or part of the OS and software was in Japanese. Loads of fun. I was lucky I was familiar with the particular software packages or I would have been ripping my hair out. Wait..

I think that the other shop just used what ever disks they had laying around instead of calling him and asking him to bring his in. He did tell me that they wiped his hard drive and lost all his data without ever consulting him. I really dislike techs who do this kind of shit. I just can't beleive that what ever his original problem was, it was so bad that he needed his drive wiped. If it was, why they hell didn't they consult him on his options for data back up before doing the work? This is really my axe to grind. I work under my own strict set of rules when it comes to a client. It's thier computer, it's thier money. I do NOTHING that will cost them a penny more than any qouted price. If they need more work done than agreed upon, I talk to them. Most importantly, I inform them of any potential data loss and give options for data loss prevention. It's not that hard and more "techs" need to do it.