Alden Integration
Prices for Computer Consulting PO Box 1707, Ukiah, CA. 95482
216 W Perkins St #105, Ukiah, CA. 95482
Phone: (707) 462-3446
Cell...: (707) 972-2344

My rates vary depending on the type of work that has to be done

Inhouse work: $75/hour.

House calls: $85/hour and there are no fixed rates. The rate also apply to driving time.

Please let me know if you want to have a quote for a bigger job or fixed rate for maintaining your network.

Fixed Rate Services (at my office)
Time estimate
Price US$
Reinstallation of operating system (OS). The price is based on you having the installation disk, drivers and license code. If I have to call Microsoft in order to activate your license code there is an additional $15.
$85
Reinstallation of OS (no installation disk or drivers, but you have the license code.) If I have to call Microsoft in order to activate your license code there is an additional $15.
$125
Virus removal. To clean up a computer normally takes a few days, but you pay only for the time I have to do something in front of the pc.
$125
Optimize your computer. Includes check of the file structure on the hard drive, cleaning up the registry, cleaning up spyware and viruses, and defragmentation.
$125
Installing a new hard drive, memory or other parts. Assuming that there is space and cables available inside of the pc for the new parts.
0.5 hour/part or per hour
$30 (minimum charge)
Cloning a hard drive. This is if you are running out of space on your hard drive (or the hard drive is failing) and want to move everything over to a bigger one. If you have a RAID (click here for explanation) solution it will take much longer (if possible at all). RAID solutions are NOT a substitute for backup!
Depends on size of old hard drive.
$65