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You may want to give Dave (above) a shot. I'd tend to trust most people that are on this board. But I'd be warry of small or large computer places. I'm sure there are plenty that are more than competent and honest, but there are probably just as many crooked or incompetent computer repair places out there as there are crooked car repair places. places like Compusa are paying kids $7. I've known a few people that had work done by small independents that I've later had to clean up. I'm no expert, but I have built a couple of computers from scratch that ran very well and I'm competent with software.