Linux After Dark Linux After Dark – Episode 111
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Dec 19, 2025 In this installment, the hosts dive into their most memorable tech support nightmares. Joe shares a harrowing night spent restoring a deleted partition from DVDs. There’s a hilarious tale of a solicitor jamming a CD inside a PC case, and Chris recounts breaking a laptop's Wi-Fi antenna during refurbishing. May admits to damaging a client's board, while Joe talks about a crafty Wi-Fi hack with a half-width PCMCIA card. A perfect mix of tech blunders and laughter glues this engaging discussion together.
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Partition Wipe And DVD Marathon
- Joe accidentally deleted a 200GB partition and spent a night restoring data from about 20 DVDs.
- He had backups, but the restore was time-consuming and painful.
CD Stuck Inside The Case
- Chris helped a law firm who jammed an evidence CD inside the PC case between drive bays.
- He guided the panicked partner through recovery steps and physical extraction.
Broken Laptop Antenna During Repair
- Chris snapped Wi‑Fi antenna cables while disassembling a laptop and later had to replace routed antenna wires.
- The replacement part was cheap but required full screen disassembly and careful routing.
