shit like this gives the field a bad name. Just yesterday I had a faculty come in with a dead computer in the morning and they needed it for class early afternoon. I saved what files could be saved (some disk corruption), reconfigured the standard load to image faster than usual, did a drive replacement we had been planning for this summer anyway, reimaged the system, replaced the files they needed for today’s class, and had it back in time for teaching. The rest of their files I replaced later on after the class (too much data to copy it all at once in the time allotted). If I can take care to save user files in a few hours turn-around those slackers have no excuse.

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