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Peter's PC Repair
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Category: IT Services & Computer Repair [Edit]
Neighborhood: MissionSan Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 642-1883
- Hours:
Mon-Fri. 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
51 reviews for Peter's PC Repair
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One of the Business' Favorite Reviews What's This?
Small business at its best, Pete and his computer repair service earn my five stars for competent, fast and fairly priced work.
Day before a business trip I tried to swap discs on my Macbook. This is not a big deal.. the hard disk on a Macbook is designed to be user swappable. However, in the swapping the rubber guide rails that hold the drive in place pulled out. Replacing them isn't exactly hard, but requires a little bit of practice. Don't ask me how I know.
I didn't have the time to do it myself, or the inclination to risk messing it up, so I did what anyone would do: typed Computer Repair into Yelp and started dialing. Called the top rated three places within 10 minutes of me. One couldn't do it that day, one wanted a $120 rush charge and four hours. One was coy.. they wanted me to come in so we could discuss it, then maybe they'd tell me if I they could do it that day and for how much. Yea, well, I want a house in Hawaii and a private orchestra, and that's not happening either.
Then I gave Peter a call. He gave me his address and said to come by whenever. He fixed it in 30 minutes while I ate lunch down the block and charged me $35.00. Easy, painless, competent and fairly priced.
Only negative I can come up: he's a one-man show: I got lucky he was in the office that day, he could just as well been on location with a client. But never mind - next time I need computer work Peter is the first call I make.
This is only my second yelp: the first one was a big fat 1 (it would be zero stars if I could) for Ticket Bastard, and now this one with a glorious 5 stars.
A fabulous experience, Peter was very helpful, prompt and honest about what he could do and not do. Service was fast and even threw in some extra work to improve the very slow boot up times. Not only did he fix and do the additional work, he then promptly charged me less than his original (and very affordable) quote, even though I had already ok'ed the original charge.
He definitely knows what he's doing, and gave me a detailed overview of what was up. The computer runs like new and he improved its performance by removing the usual crap that accumulates over 2 or 3 years of downloading random programs and willy-nilly installing without keeping an eye on the impact on the system.
A big thumbs up! I love to support small local businesses, especially one as competent and affordable as this one and this one definitely is one of the best I've had to deal with. I'll definitely go back if I need him, and will send anyone I know his way.
Five gold stars, this dude is awesome!!!
A while ago, my computer got jacked up. Stopped working, couldn't load anything, etc. etc. A nightmare. I found Peter by searching yelp. I read all the reviews for Peter and others (e.g., Geek Squad, etc.) and decided to give Peter a try, despite my initial suspicions, and there were plenty.... Was this legit? Would he steal my computer? What is the recourse? What if he closes his business? Who is this dude? Where is the address? What if he makes things worse? What if he makes up a problem and totally overcharges me? Is this a sham? What if, what if.
Well, I called Peter up and dropped off my computer. He was incredibly helpful, professional, good guy. My computer was fixed in a day, at a very reasonable price. Basically, like all the other yelp reviewers say, he's a good guy who knows his PCs and doesn't give you any BS, nor does he try to gouge you for money. I would recommend taking your computer to Peter to all my friends. A fantastic, all around experience. Five stars. Thanks yelp for leading me here. Yay!
Oh, the location is kind of not close to public transportation, so have a friend take you, or do a speedy drop off with a cab.
It's nice to know that there are honest, helpful people out there running great businesses. I'll certainly bring all future repairs to Peter's PC Repair.
I called Peter after the wireless card on my Compaq laptop stopped working 90 days after my warranty expired. Compaq was of course unhelpful and I saw the good reviews for Peter's PC Repair on Yelp. I asked about bringing in my computer, but he first went through a series of steps with me on the phone to identify the problem. He said the problem was with the motherboard, which was common on this model of Compaq laptops. He told me the exact name of the warranty program to search for. I googled it, called, and sure enough, Compaq is sending me a box to return my computer for repair.
I dropped my external hard drive while it was on last night. Here's what happened:
1- The drive made kept making beeping/clicking noises and would not turn on (there goes 10+ years worth of music and pics! the stupid thing is that i had actually bought a backup drive that was just sitting around- i was just too lazy to copy the files over)
2- I yelped "pc repair" and found Peter's PC Repair
3- I used Peter's online request form to explain my problem (http://www.peterspcrep...)
4- Peter emailed me back the next day and let me know that although he couldn't help me, he could recommend some data recovery places that could help. (It turns out that since my drive was on when it was dropped the drive suffered physical damage). Of the 5 places he recommended only (1) of them is on yelp (IntelliRecovery)- I think I'll give them a call.
Conclusion: I think its awesome that Peter was upfront with the fact that he couldn't help me vs. having me drop off my hard drive, he inspects it, realizes he can't do anything, and then charges me for nothing (which is what some places would do!) If I ever have another problem I'm going back to Peter!
* I have updated my review to reflect 4 stars b/c I actually never used their service.*
Peter is phenomenal.
That pretty much sums it up. One day my Mac decided to just stop working, completely. A friend told me about Peter and I gave him call. He was friendly and accommodating. I brought him my computer the next evening and a few days later he called saying he had recovered all my data. I was so relieved! Peter is the whole package: capable, friendly, affordable, flexible and (for me) in the neighborhood. The best.
Yay for Peter! I am writing this on my newly released-from-computer-hospital computer. Peter did a great job in a reasonable amount of time, was able to make recommendations to avoid future problems, and all for a reasonable price. Totally recommend. And thanks!
I have a 5 yr old laptop that I thought was dying. Its performance had deteriorated significantly and I was already shopping for a new computer when I decided to take it to Peter so it could be mildly salvaged as a backup.
I'm amazed! After fixing some programs and adding a little hardware (and probably some other things I'm not computer savvy enough to know about), my computer feels like new again! Peter did a GREAT job and his rate was very reasonable, especially given that I now have a fully functional computer and no need for a new one anymore.
I found Peter to be very knowledge and reliable. He provided our company, Valle Translations with great service at a very reasonable price. We went to him with a PC that turned off when it felt like it. He diagnosed and repaired it in 6 hrs. Way to go! I went to him because of bad experience with other "high end" well known repair services who charge a premium and deliver little.
It goes to show how much I've come to rely on the services of Yelp.
I found Peter's PC Repair from a "computer fix" search on Yelp, and I only wish I had come across him earlier. Peter did a wonderful job on getting my computer back in working order. Even thought I was a bit skeptical at first when only getting his answering machine, I hung in there and realized that if enough people on Yelp had such positive results.....I knew it was for me too.
Don't hesitate to give him a call if your computer has been infected with any of the newer viruses.
The one recommendation I have is that if you do use Peter's services, have someone take you so you don't have to look for parking. Your driver can wait in the car outside, and be there when you're ready.
MA
I also found Peter's PC Repair due to a Yelp search for "data recovery" and am so happy I did. I only wish I had found him earlier. He was able to squeeze me in before closing up shop for a long (and I assume well-deserved) winter vacation.
Peter was able to recover some of the data from my busted harddrive. The Geeks at Best Buy were not able to recover anything (see that review), so he's smarter than they are! Unfortunately Peter wasn't able to recover many of my word documents, but he was able to save all my photos, so that's certainly something!
His prices are reasonable (cash or check), and he's super friendly and quick to get back to you over the phone. Parking along his street can be difficult, but you can usually find something within a block of his home office. Recommended! I will certainly be using his services again should I have any more computer issues in the future.
WOW. Popups were making me insane.... All I have to say is that peace of mind is cheaper than you think. Now I am back on course... Peter really knows his stuff. He got my whole situations straightened out in a few hours.
Now its been a year and Peter helped me back everything up and transfer it to my new system. Everything is tight! No hassle and a good price. I love this place!
Long ago, I was an application integration engineer. Now I am a consultant and I have lost my technical chops.
See: http://static.px.yelp.... for (what should probably be) my resume.
Nancy did a bad bad thing, Nancy did a bad bad thing.
Nancy did a bad bad thing, feel like crying, feel like crying.
Oh, feel like crying, feel like crying.
Oh, feel like crying, feel like crying.
(apologies to Chris Isaak)
I changed from a domain to a workgroup on the primary user account on my old WinXP laptop. No problem -- as long as you have not forgotten the Administrator user's password.
Oops.
As soon as I hit the button to restart, I knew there was going to be a problem. If you have (forgotten the admin. password) AND you're a consultant and have, by definition, lost most all useful technical knowledge, you: (a) haul ass into the office and wait while all the engineers laugh at you and act out your shame with hand puppets before they help you (I don't mind being mocked, I just hate driving all the way from San Francisco to Pleasant Hill to be mocked); (b) you figure it out yourself (too busy); or (c) you stop wasting time and call somebody who will help you.
I called Peter at Peter's PC Repair.
Peter was knowledgeable, friendly and professional. He helped me with the aforementioned problem as well as a short laundry list of other things I wanted to get done quickly or provided me the missing links in my own knowledge to complete, like migrating MS Outlook Express and Outlook PST's to MS Outlook 2007, checking out and replacing the fan on my Win2k box, and consulting on virus protection options and home networking.
He did good work and I would definitely use his services again.
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(I have officially ended my Yelp writer's block with this, my 100th review.)
I think they call families like mine 'early adopters' because my husband is always downloading the latest and greatest applications, which ARE great but they continually bust our laptop and infuriate my lovely husband. Peter fixes our laptop which makes my husband happy and for that he gets my five stars...
Thank you Pete. Even though I work in high-tech I hate computers for their arbitrary failures - at least let it be due to me spilling water, dropping it, anything I can assign a reason as to why it happened.
My hard drive on my laptop went kaput for 'unknown reasons' and Pete was able to get every last bit of data off of it including all my email. I dropped it off Monday night and had it Thursday morning with a brand new hard drive. Just turned it on and it is like nothing ever happened - except that it runs a lot faster!
Highly recommend everyone get an external hard drive - cost me $99 for a Hitachi 500GB at Best Buy. I was lucky Pete was able to get my data back...
I had another huge computer meltdown and lost my hard drive and (I thought) all of my data on it. I was checking into data recovery services like Drive Savers in Novato, but was told that I would need to pay like $2,500 to get my data back. Yikes! I decided to see what a local PC repair could do. I found Peter through Yelp and I'm so happy I did. He is very competent and a nice normal guy. I went to drop off the my computer in the afternoon about 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. and he was done restoring the data by 12:00 noon the next day. Talk about fast service.
From what I can tell, he was able to restore all the data. And he charged me less than I expected! I will definitely use him again if I have any PC problems.
Thanks, Peter. :)
Professional and affordable. I'll definitely be back the next time my Apple Time Capsule decides to spontaneously delete all of my data.
Peter is a gem! I have been happily using macs for many, many years. But now with a new business and the software I need to use being only available for pcs, I ponied up some cash and got a new macbook that could run xp with parallels. It sounded so effortless in the online descriptions. Yeah, right!
Within four days, the pc side of my beloved macbook was seriously infected with a nasty, insidous virus. I freaked, not having any experience with viruses (i LOVE apple). I called several places including some independent guys and the geeks. Most people wouldn't touch a system with parallels. They either know macs or pcs, not both. And the geeks who claimed to know it all, weren't available for days and wanted a chunk of cash.
I called Peter who was available immediately. He was friendly, fast, thorough, and very reasonable. He's my hero! (I now have his number saved in my phone, just in case.)
I think that it is quite appropriate for me to have waited 1 year to review Peter's pc repair skills. My lil'PC STILL works right !!
I don't have to tell you, dealing with computer problems is slightly worse than getting a bikini wax from a speed freak, I mean I wouldn't know...but I can imagine.
So, I arrived at Peter's PC Repair, pleasantly surprised to find that it was an apartment where Peter and his girlfriend live. While I waited for my computer to be fixed, I hung out in the kitchen and chatted with Peter's girlfriend.
Peter installed virus protection software and other goodness I would not have thought of. I don't even remember what the problem with my computer was, I think I needed to get an extra memory card installed. Anyway, it was all good and he didn't charge much for the labor at all. Also, later that night when I couldn't get the wireless radio to turn on I called Peter and he very patiently explained to me how to make it work
Absolutely no complaints about the service, which says a lot in this town.
The whole experience left me glowy with happiness. That NEVER happened when I went to the genius bar with my old mac. I friggin' hate the genius bar.
Saved my life, and my career!
i found him on yelp when my PC started blue screening. I first read all the reviews and decided that i would give it a shot too, esp. considering how much less than geeksquad it was. On top of this i really do trust the opinions of other yelpers.
He picked up the first time i called which apparently doesn't always happen. I couple other times i called i got the message but he returns the calls pretty quick.
he fixed the entire computer, found the problem and even helped me order a replacement part on Dell's website. Luckily the computer was still under warranty so he only charged me for the labor. On top of this he ordered a 2nd video card for me and installed it so that could use 3 monitors now. Real nice guy that Pete. Everything still came out cheaper than geek squad.
1 tip, his neck of the mission has no parking, so bring a friend when you drop off to wait in the car.
He deserves all the stars he gets. I would recommend him to anyone.
Peter is a magician.
In 4 days and $250 he did more than Dell wanted to do in 3 weeks for $750. He was also able to diagnose and fix over the phone in minutes a problem that has been bugging me for months. I will be back to set-up a home network and SAN.
His pictures aren't bad either ...
Woke up one morning and my computer saluted me with the notorious "Blue-Screen of Death". I was using this particular PC for work and had loads of critical data that needed to be recovered. Ain't no thang for Peter though. He saved my entire database and transferred it to a disc ready to be uploaded onto my new computer. Only took him a few work days and was extremely affordable. Peter is the King of SF when it comes to MAC/PC repair.
Who else thinks Ronald B. is a shill for Geek Squad?
I tried calling for computer service and I found Pete's PC on Yelp. It is nothing but an answering machine. I am a little skeptic about handing over my computer to someone that only has an answering machine but no physical store because this so called computer tech may never return my computer. Also, my work computer has too much confidential information in it and I just don't feel comfortable dealing with someone that picks up my computer with a bicycle.
I highly recommend the geek squad They are lightning fast with their service. They figured out the computer problem that I had in 25 minutes. Well, great service and great knowledge. The price is a little high. For $199 to get my computer going again. Well, whatever....all it matters is the computer is running!!!
I found Peter on Yelp and am glad I did. He deserves all those good ratings. I brought in a slow-as-molasses PC laden with viruses, Spyware, and bloatware. I The next day I picked up a computer that runs like a champ. He's obviously pretty thorough about what he does and is happy to take a little time to explain what he did, why he did it, and how you can avoid problems in the future.
I got the porn virus. The one all of my male friends in college got from participating in a little too much naughty naughty. I was surprisingly calm and decided I would take my government check and turn it into a delightful working computer. I was fortunate enough to find Peter's PC Repair. He removed my pesty little virus. Affordable, knowledgeable, and somewhat funny.
Peter really knows his stuff and the price can't be beat. Maybe Mostly S. should concentrate on promoting his/her own business rather than slam someone else's. It sounds like jealous banter to me. This comes from a very satisfied customer.
I had great luck with peter's pc repair. my new HP had slowed to a crawl and whenever I tried to go on the internet a million popups would come up. After calling a couple places I was worried about how much it would cost. When I talked to Peter I was impressed by his knowledge and his low rate. He was able to come to my house the next day and now my computer is working great. He explained what happened and how I could prevent it from happening again. His pointers were great and he didn't talk over my head. If I have problems again I'll definitely call him.
I found peter on Craigslist. He was able to get to my place right away (on his bike!). He was a down to earth guy and removed a bunch of viruses and made my computer way faster. It was a little expensive, but thats how it goes with computer repair. I feel like I got my money's worth. Check him out.
Peter did a fantastic job fixing my computer! He was courteous, knowledgeable, and quick to get the job done!
This is a great business! The gentleman answered all my questions and insisted that I do not have to pay anything, I can simply do it myself. His rates are great, and he strikes me as a good guy. I would absolutely trust this place to service my computer. Highly recommended.
I got the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" and tried not to panic. I found Peter's name on Yelp, called him up, made an appointment, waited 5 days and voila, my computer is working again - all for $90! Peter's awesome. Don't waste your time with anyone else - give him a call.
Thank you Peter!! You are awesome.
I would give Peter's PC Repairs 10 stars! I dropped my laptop and cracked my LCD screen. Dell sent me a replacement via DHL, which meant I had no clear idea when it would actually arrive. I called Peter and he worked with me and tentatively set up a time for sometime today. I called as soon as the replacement screen arrived and Peter came over to the Marina and fixed for me in well less than an hour. Thanks to Peter I can leave for my business trip with a fully functional laptop. Thanks so much Peter!
Unbelievably great. I panicked when my PC laptop started acting up... I was in the final throes of a huge project and couldn't afford to lose anything... including my time.
I called late at night and left a message for Peter after reading about him on Yelp. He got back to me first thing the next day and -- after having me check a few things -- determined I needed to replace my old hard drive. While I was bringing the laptop to him, he secured another higher-capacity drive and was set to go when I arrived.
I left the laptop with him overnight and it was ready the next morning. It works better than ever... plus I have a much bigger drive. The price for the whole thing was very reasonable... in fact, much better than I had dared hope.
I've already emailed all my friends about Peter... he's a keeper!
I thoroughly recommend "Peter's PC Repair". He was able to assist me right away. He was professional and very competent. I felt completely secure with him in possession of my laptop and its valuable content. I am a very analytical and security conscious person...which stems from my time in the military...and Peter passed all my risk/professional assessments. I'm sure there are a few PC repair businesses listed on Yelp that may provide a great experience like Peter can, but there really isn't any reason to continue to search; it's almost certain Peter is who you're are looking for. I highly recommend this PC repair business.
Peter is so tremendously great that I am compelled to join Yelp just to sing his praises!
He first helped my by recovering a hard drive on a computer that had a heart attack and died. Extreme professionalism, fast turnaround and no talking down to you. He charged $140. CompUSA's quote? $500.
Next, he came by my home office and reincarnated a dead wireless network into a super-powered super-cool network that works everywhere and has all kind of new tricks. All for a whopping $150.
Computer broken? Call Peter.
Want a cool home network? Call Peter.
Want to soup up your performance? Call Peter.
My only complaint? He's too cheap! Peter is just simply fantastic and I feel guilty paying him the low rates that he charges. Thanks for all of your help, Peter!
I've used Peter's services twice now, and he has been awesome. He responds quickly, was on time, and saved my employer from what could have been some disaterous problems with the computers. He's helpful and polite and never talked down or made us feel stupid after my boss downloaded multiple viruses. We will definately continue to use Peter's services.
I got a devastating blue screen appear on my Dell desktop, and was just about to call it quits when I contacted Peter. He was able to recover my data which I thought was lost forever. Very professional and super sweet! I highly recommend.
I recently had a virus and was meaning to replace a rather old hard drive on my laptop. Peter's unanimous five *'s are there for a reason. Computers are a realm in which those with knowledge have a great deal of power (not unlike mechanics)....Read: they can screw you very easily. Peter is extremely helpful, honest, and professional. He did a diagnostic, hooked up my computer with a new hard drive and was going to add some RAM when he suggested that I buy it online b/c it was way over priced at the supply store that he went to...not only that, but he showed me how to do it myself and good places to buy. This guy kicks ass and I would definitely go to him again. Support the local folks who do good work!!
