Ultimate PC Technician’s Toolkit

As a computer and/or network technician you need to have the right tools with you at all times in order to perform your job effectively.  Showing up for a job only to have to leave right away because you don’t have the correct tool may not leave a good impression with a client.  In the following article I would like to share with you what tools I carry with me so I am always ready to tackle any job.  Use this list to build your own tool-kit so that you will always be prepared.

Carry Cases, etc.

· Standard 12-Disc DVD Case

· Quick Release for pen drive on keychain

· Carry Case(s) for everything.

(A combo case that holds everything, including the laptop is sweet!)

http://www.justtoolkits.com/casessoft.html

http://www.plattcases.com/

http://www.mbelectronics.com/view.aspx?id=388

http://www.lanshack.com/acblanasp/st...arts-C104.aspx

Accessories
· King'sdun 49 in 1 Precision Screwdriver Set

· DataVac Electric Duster 500

· Data Cables: 80/IDE Cables, SATA Cables, Floppy Cable, VGA Cable

· Power Cables: Standard Power Cable, Molex Y-Splitter, Molex-SATA Converter

· Small Bag RJ-45 ends and Phone Ends

· Small bag chassis screws

· USB to 3.5/2.5 PATA/SATA cable

· USB DVD burner

· USB to IDE Adapter

· 2.5” to 3.5” IDE Adapter

· USB Ethernet Adapter

· USB MicroMouse

· RJ-45 and RJ-11 Keystones

· Wall Plates, Wall Mount Boxes w/Keystone

· 10’ Pre-Made network cables, Ethernet Cable

· Wireless Router

· Wireless Access Point

· Anti-Static Bags

· Heatsink Compound

· Superglue, Hot glue Gun

· Partitioned screw case w/ coarse/fine screws, MB headers, plastic nubs, etc.

· DVI-VGA Adapter

· ATX12V Power Supply Tester

· Plastic Pry Tools

· Sharpie Marker

· Brother PT-65 Label Maker

· 300w In-Car Power Inverter

· Zip Ties

Hand Tools

· QuickTreX LANPRO Series "Network Administrator II" Kit

· QuickTreX® Artisan Series "Hyperion" Electro-TechToolkit (V-2)

· QuickTreX® LAN-PRO Metro Tote II Electro-Tech Toolkit

· QuickTreX® LAN-PRO Terminator Plus II Electro-Tech Toolkit

Hardware Tools

Laptop with DVDRW/USB/802.11/Ethernet

USB Toolbox 

NOTE: By no means would this setup be able to handle everything, but it handles just about all jobs I end up with. In fact, I could just bring my USB thumb drive and be able to handle 70% of them.

I store most of my portable/software applications onto my 1TB WD Drive and my bootable applications onto my 16GB Thumb drive. The apps on my portable hard are stored into different folders, thus making it easy for me to browse through.

Portable Apps (most used)

· Attacker (port monitor/honeypot)

· Autoruns

· Bill2's Process Manager

· Cports & Ipnetinfo (port monitor & whois)

· CCenhancer

· Nero Burning ROM 12

· Comodo System Utilities

· Deskhedron (virtual multi-desktop)

· DNS Jumper

· Everything (Windows search tool)

· Gigatweaker (Windows tweaking tool)

· HostsXpert (HOSTS file manager)

· Iobit Uninstaller

· Process Hacker 2

· Process Monitor

· Regwatcher

· SMART (service manager)

· Superscan 3 (port scanner)

· Svchost viewer

· System Ninja (system cleaner)

· TCP optimizer

· TCP View (network monitor)

· Trout (Traceroute tool)

· Truecrypt

· µtorrent

· VLC

· Winpatrol To Go

· Win7 Logon Background Changer

· Wise Registry Cleaner/Disk Cleaner/Jetsearch/Disc Recovery

Optional Tools

· Boot CD: Hiren Boot CD made bootable via USB

· Diagnostic tools: d7II

· Portable OS: Win7/8, Ubuntu LiveCD

· Scanners: Emsisoft Emergency Kit, McAffee Stinger, MBAM, Comodo CE, Norton PE, Kaspersky, TDSSKiller, Dr Web CureIt, Gmer...

· Disinfecting tools: Rkill, Combofix, Sanitycheck, etc...