Sal rescued me after Staples attempted to transfer the data from my old PC to a new one, making a mess out of the files. Sal walked me thru transferring the data myself using an external drive over the phone...and I didn't even know him at this point. He later came to the house and completed the set up of the new PC. He thoroughly explained everything he was doing and answered all my questions. Exceptional customer service at a very reasonable cost. Highly recommend Sal for your computer needs. read more

Just had another experience with Sal and he did not disappoint! Sal quoted a super reasonable price and called it "an easy data recovery job". He completed it in just a few days and I couldn't be happier with his work. Definitely recommend Sal and East Bay Computer Services! read more

I am writing to share how professional and responsive Sal was when I contacted him with an inquiry. I have not yet used his services, as I was able to resolve my father's computer issues on my own, but will keep him in mind for future needs. He responded right away when I reached out around 9pm one evening and shared his availability and fees for a mobile appointment the following evening. read more

Sal is a nice guy, very willing to help. I called to ask a question about the obsolete Windows 10, he patiently explained to me about my situation. I did not use his service but he gave me free advice. My appreciation is to show my gratitude to Sal in this review. Thanks so much! read more

Sal responded to my call immediately and came out the sameday. He was always on time for an appointment, his very reasonable with pricing, very helpful answering any questions. He is willing to stay and explain any questions in detail. Highly recommend him and will definitely use his services in the future. Thank you, Sal! read more

I'm glad I found this place. Sal knew exactly what was wrong with my son's computer from just explaining what we were experiencing. After dropping off the computer, he kept in touch every step of the way and let me know what he was doing to the computer. No problems since we've received the computer back. Works like new. Thanks Sal! read more

Sal has been fixing my busted computer for years and he's reliable, has great hours and is completely wonderful to work with. He knows his stuff and he never disappoints. His hours are FAR more reliable than most of the other places around that have crappy hours. I will continue to take my computers to Sal when they need repairing. read more

Had what I thought was a data crisis. Called Sal on Sunday. He took my problem seriously and agreed address it the next day. The problem turned out not to be major, but Sal gave me plenty of personal time to resolve my problem and tips on how to manage my data need issue in the future. He charged me so little I paid him double. He even made it clear I could call on him again if I still had problems. I learned that his computer background is substantial. I give him my highest recommendation and like to think I've found a computer guy for life. Thanks Sal read more

Sal is a great computer tech! He has fixed my desktop and laptop for a very affordable price! Sal is very accommodating, friendly, professional, helpful, and very knowledgeable in the computer world! read more

Sal is professional, quick to respond, great pricing and very reliable. So glad I found him. I highly recommend his services. He helped me retrieve very old pictures and other data that I thought was lost. Thank you so much Sal! read more

excellent in every way and he will not rip you off as mostly every business in the bay area charges the highest prices ever. he does not. great ethics and a fine array of used laptops for sale. read more

When all hope was lost, I found Sal through East Bay Computer Services. I was working incessantly on my external hard drive for an entire day until, suddenly, it corrupted. I panicked and became extremely worried because I had an entire decade's worth of pictures on that hard drive and was foolish to not have any backups; I thought I had lost them all. Fortunately, I was able to contact Sal the next day and he was more than willing to help out. He replied extremely quickly, very professionally, and super kindly. I dropped off my hard drive after work and he was able to recover my files! I was so ecstatic and had no idea how he worked his magic but he did. I can't be any more grateful for his services. And he charged me at such a good rate. Thanks again, Sal. You have made my entire year for recovering my files and also much of my time. Highly recommend! read more

while Sal wasn't able to help me with my iMac, he responded really quickly and explained why he could not. I appreciate service and honesty and he delivered on both, even though I wasn't able to hire his services, but I can recommend him based on my experience. read more

Sal is a miracle worker in data recovery. He got my wedding pictures off of an old removable hard drive that had ceased connecting when plugged in. I had approached the Geek Squad and they wanted $300 just to send the hard drive off for POSSIBLE data retrieval with ZERO guarantee I would get anything. Sal managed to get a TON of the data on my drive, including 100% of my wedding photos ... in 2 days and for a fraction of that cost. TAKE YOUR DATA RECOVERY NEEDS TO SAL AT EAST BAY COMPUTER SERVICES!!! read more

We are so happy to have found such an excellent computer repair person! He responded quickly and was able to check out my son's PC the same day. He was very friendly and easy to work with. I highly recommend this company! read more

I was so stressed out when my HP died. I thought all my DTG artwork was lost then Sal saved the day. Saved all my artwork off my hard drive. He was quick and worth the cost he quoted. Highly recommend. Thank you Sal! read more

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I found Sal on Yelp with all 5 star ratings. I took a chance and decided to have him work on my computer. My PC got infected and I couldnt do anything with it. He took it in, told me that the virus I got was pretty bad. He kept it overnight and by the next day it was working again! He also was able to save pictures and files from the computer itself before anything was done. This was really a great thing to do. Our son had died and most of the pictures we have of him was on the computer. Great person to have fix your computer. Does what he says he is going to do and gets it done. I highly recommend! read more

My HD died and Sal was able to recover the data and install a new one at a very reasonable price. I highly recommend Sal's services/company to anyone with computer issues! Great Service Excellent Communication Huge 'Bang for the Buck'! Thanks, Sal !!!! read more

I've been utilizing Sal as my go-to computer guy for 2-3 years now and truly feel ashamed I haven't wrote a review before. Sal is reliable, fast, and won't screw you for $$$$. I see computer repair as auto repair, I don't know what the heck is wrong other than something is wrong so the vulnerability is REAL! GREAT SERVICE WITHOUT WORRY! read more

I've been going to Sal for about 8 years now with all my computer issues. Laptop, desktop, etc. He's always fixed my issues, some very complicated issues. Very nice & has very reasonable rates. He's very knowledgeable & professional. I highly recommend him. read more

I am a teacher and a parent doing virtual schooling during the pandemic, so when my computer started " acting up" I panicked and literally was in tears when I realized it was infected with Trojan Malware. I called many computer repair businesses and either they did not return my call, told me it would take days to fix it for a large sum of money and that I had to pay more if wanted my files saved. When I called Sal, he returned my phone call within minutes. He was kind, honest and very professional. He asked me to take my computer in that same day. His fee was very reasonable and most importantly he had my computer ready the next morning.. Sal explained exactly what he did to fix my computer and gave me some advise on how to avoid the issue from happening again. In short, it is important for me to support businesses that are not only efficient and honest, but also are owned by people who truly care about helping others. Sal went above and beyond to make sure I had my computer back asap so that I could effectively teach. Finally, I highly recommend this business without any reservations. read more

Our hard drive stopped reading and we were afraid we lost all our data. Talked to Sal and brought it by with a new drive and a day or so later he was able to save the data! Especially a great price. So happy with the service, we will come here for all future computer needs. Based out of his house but he is so friendly and knows his stuff, super fast turnaround time. Forget BestBuy. Thanks again!! read more

Sal is personable, knowledgeable and fast. His charge to repair my computer was far lower than I was nervously expecting. I recommend him wholeheartedly and without reservation of any kind. read more

I just had a major computer crash on my Samsung Series 7 Gamer laptop - after all efforts, I was unable to fix; I had a blue screen of death saying "Unmountable Boot Volume", and after this the computer would try to reset, which would bring me to a blank screen and could never launch into windows. I tried EVERYTHING (going into the settings upon computerstart up, tried to reinstall windows 10 over with a boot USB, tried going into cmd to find if the hard disk was bad, tried system restore points, etc....). Sal was able to both reboot my computer up, improve computer speed, reinstall Windows and salvage files I didn't want deleted after the windows restore. Would definitely recommend. read more

I was so happy to meet Howard through a client who had worked with him recently. I have a small business that must stay up to date with IT and protected, Howard suggested starting with installs of a VPN and very robust security software. I am going forward with a bigger spec computer to run separate drives for holding my applications and data, with automatic encrypted backups. My meeting Howard was very helpful, he is patient and understands those of us not in tech everyday don't know the best protocols, or even the right verbiage to describe our own setup and needs. read more

I wanted to see if I could get the data off of my broken hard drive. He took it, looked at it, and found that he couldn't pull off the data. I was not charged. He was easy to do business with and gave some good recommendations and advice for places that can fix my hard drive if I wanted to. read more

I'm happy to recommend Sal at East Bay Computer Services. My hard drive started slowing down, eventually to the point of being nonfunctional. Sal recommended buying an SSD hard drive, gave me a couple of good brands to look into and the size that would work best for what I needed, and he installed it in a very timely manner. He also successfully recovered about 60% of the files from the old HD (I had resigned myself to losing the ones I hadn't transferred myself) despite the slow transfer process. Thanks to other Yelp reviewers for helping me find a very fair and super competent computer repair person! read more

Sal is very personal and professional. He knows what he is doing. This is the first time we used him and won't be the last. Very nice to know you have sb who can help you when needed! read more

I'm grateful I found Sal . My computer was acting strange and would take forever to load. Sal was able to look at it and do a diagnostic for free and discovered my drive was fried! Sadly I couldn't recover no data but he was able to put new hard drive so my computer works like new. Thanks Sal read more

Professional, friendly, communicative, affordable. He did a data recovery job for me that another service in town told me could not be done.

Great service. Even over the phone he was up front about everything. I took my HP laptop because I had reformatting issues and he fixed it quick. He installed windows 7, anti virus software, and other useful (not spam) programs. This is all done at his house. I definitely recommend him and will be going to him for future computer problems. read more

This isn't a store front- he works out of his house. So don't be alarmed. I was- and was hesitant to leave my laptop with his family. The yelp reviews we so positive and I really needed my laptop fixed ASAP and not for hundreds of $$. So- I did leave it with them- trusting my fellow yelpers. I have been pretty impressed with the service though. sal returns phone calls promptly and fixed my virus infected laptop within 2 days. Would recommend Sal and use him again (though hoping I won't have to). read more

I have to admit that I was pretty worried that I was gonna scam. However, I was pleasantly surpised on great the customer service and how well Sal is an expert with computers. When I had first stumbled upon him through yelp: I did not know what to expect. He was able to diagnose the problem with my computer and that I needed to replace a certain part in my pc. At the end of the day, Sal was able to fix my problem for a reasonable price. He does work at his home so do not worry if you find yourself looking at someone's home. One positive thing that Sal did that I respect very much was that he had told me over the phone what was the problem with my computer and was able to answer my computer questions! Gotta respect a man that is willing to tell you what is he doing to your computer in simple terms! read more

I don't know why it seems like nobody knows about this place. ...Then again it is like a hole-in-the-wall kinda place, and it's in a sketchy neighborhood in East Oakland. Notwithstanding that, their service was excellent. I had viruses on my computer and the guy (Sal, I think?) fixed it for around $30. He also included FREE anti-virus software and Microsoft Office software. He sat down with me and showed me what he did to fix my computer and asked if I was happy with it, rather just hand me back my laptop and tell me to pay him his money like every other place does. From what I remember, I've had my computer fixed at places for $100+ dollars, and they did a sh***y job. Being the fact that they're so obscure, I hope that that they don't go out of business due to lack of customers! Go here. read more

My second attempt to post -- Sal did a wonderful job setting up my PC. I am incredibly happy with his work! read more

Sal will be getting all of my IT business from now on! Fixed my computer that would not turn on and cleaned my hard drive of some nasty spyware and installed a cleaner program in les time and for les money than the larger places wonted just to evaluate and give me an estaminet! Don't worry about the fact that he works out of his house, honest, good and fast work do not need a store front! read more

Great experience! My computer was having a glitch and I could not connect to the internet. I called and was able to meet with him on the same day. He fixed the problem and I was able to get back to work quickly. I am very happy with the service and now Sal is my go to computer guy! I definitely recommend him! read more

Sal is the real deal. He fixed my buggy laptop and installed a newer better operating system for half what the other guys should have charged to do just a virus removal. read more

My hard drive had a failure and I didn't know where to go. Good thing I saw Sal's place and had very good reviews. Tried my luck and was fortunate enough to have my hard drive fixed by Sal. He was able to recover what I thought was lost memories already. Definitely a life saver. I liked how Sal is also approachable and very easy to contact. I think I know my go to person to fix my tech stuff. read more

My hard drive was completely dead and burnt out, had to get a new one and get all the programs like windows office and such installed. It was very efficient, fast and I got all the help with all the parts I needed to buy. My computer works amazing now and it only took a day for everything to be installed. read more