trying to choose ss hard drive for desktop
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Comments (11)Thank you, thank you, thank you. Raven and Owbist, I am so grateful to you. It seems I am safe using the screws for the hard drive bay that I already used. Raven - they are the ones in the first link. Owbist - I pilfered the only screw from my old Dell desktop that looked like the right kind. I only found one screw that seemed to match - I'm not certain what it was holding in - perhaps the power source or fan. At any rate, I think I best replace that before I might ever try to start that old computer up. I don't believe it had a floppy drive - or I'd be happy to remove it (it had just a cd drive). The case is fairly secure for now - but I'd feel better securing it completely - if the cleaning woman bumps the vacuum against it - or my daughter roots around there for a lost ball or toy, it might accidentally open. There's no urgency there, but I'd rather get it taken care of. I suppose I could open the tower again - and take out one of the screws - and match it at a store that builds computer parts. But if I don't have to, I'd rather not power everything down and unhook it. If the hard drive seems securing screwed in (and no part of the screw is protuding), can I safely assume it's fine - and just worry about replacing the case screws. that would be easier. I wish I'd come here first - and saved myself some aggravation. not a single person at Dell was able to give me this information - even though they had all the information you guys did. I truly don't want to have to buy from them again. They were similarly inept when I wanted to add a firewire port last summer. They have a front slot for it - but nobody had the right part numbers. Luckily the Dell forum was filled with trials and tribulations of others who'd attempted this - with no consistent accurate answers from Dell. At least someone there provided the necessary parts - in fact, when I ordered what Dell insisted was all I needed, it was only 1/2 of what I needed. Soon my daughter will be ready for a new desktop. Is there a company to buy them from with good reliability and quality and good technical/customer support? Should I just have one built from a computer place that builds computers? that purchase is likely to be in 2010. Thank you again. Lynn....See MoreExternal Hard Drive/Format????
Comments (5)You may have a failing drive and it could be a problem to retrieve what is on it. Sorry. My only thought, if you are not technically inclined, is to take the drive to a repair shop and see if they can do anything to access it....See MoreNeed Help Moving Files from C Drive to 2nd internal hard drive?
Comments (9)Thanks everyone. Lots of useful methods. Mikie - it's good to know about moving entire folders (I don't have my video's in folders - yet - but am just discovering how useful that would be for shows I've recorded for a few seasons - having them altogether). I'd like to double check and ask what "a cmd window" is - and how I'd get there. Again - I have Windows XP (SP3). Sorry to say, Mikie, but I also need more explanation for what "make a shortcut to the destination , within the folder the files are in... then select a bunch of what I want to move, cut&paste onto the shortcut" means. I know someday I'll understand all of this, but I don't know how to make a shortcut to the destination. And once I cut and paste onto the shortcut, what do I do with it? Absolutely there are some big files - so I'm glad to told me to break it up into smaller chunks. I have so far. Thank you. Lynn....See MoreUnneccesary Reformat of Hard Drive
Comments (16)Well, Snidely...apparently we must agree to disagree on a few points of interest. I will contribute a couple of final points to this discussion. The tech who built my system had the same if not more experience than you profess to have...as well as having managed the computer system of a major company...and being a certified MS tech. In short...he was more than qualified through education and experience...both textbook and applied knowledge...to build my systems over the years and run a very successful local computer business of his own. As to user involvement...it's my personal opinion that anyone who uses a system....or any piece of equipment for that matter....computer or otherwise...should learn as much as possible about that piece of equipment...including how to manage/repair it when/if necessary. That, however, isn't always realistic for everyone. I am blessed to have an engineer's analytical mind...and I use it. I've backed myself into a corner with my system a couple of times over the earlier years but rather than replace it or hire someone to repair it...I hunkered down and did the work myself. No! It wasn't always easy...but the rewards were worth the work. I don't indiscriminately change drivers. There have been a few instances where updating a particular driver for peripheral hardware was more than advisable and I did it. Beyond that...any glitch that caused a problem on my system was usually of my own making once I applied logic to diagnosing the problem....but it didn't involve drivers. More often than not it was the careless deletion of something while attempting to tweak my system. I no longer put fuel pumps in old cars but I suppose...if I really had to...I still could. I own a very uncomplicated 22 year old Honda Civic and were it an absolute necessity...I'm sure I could manage whatever needed attention under its hood. However...my eyesight is failing due to macular degeneration and at the tender age of 76...I don't often pick on things bigger than myself. It's just not physically practical. But I do respect everything I own to the point that I know its innards and how to maintain its health to extend its usable life. For those items with built in obsolescence...I'm a victim as much as anyone else but I try to avoid such products when I can....See More
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6 years agoIf she already has her bookmarks, passwords, etc. straightened out it's probably too late but...
If you can locate her old Firefox profile on her Windows disk, you could probably copy her profile files to her new Firefox profile on her Linux disk.
When I mount my Windows installation from within Linux, I find mine here:
/media/chugger/Acer/Users/richard/Application Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles
(chugger is my Linux username, Acer is the label of the Windows partition, richard is my Windows username)
If there's more than one profile directory, I would assume it to be the last created.
On the running Linux installation you can just go to "Help" -> "Troubleshooting information" and Firefox will point it out to you.
Alternately, you could just copy specific files from the old Windows Firefox profile to the new Linux Firefox profile.
Bookmarks and history are stored in places.sqlite.
Passwords requires two files: key4.db and logins.json
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
On my main computer, I put Linux on an M.2. nvme and moved Windows from a one terrabyte spin drive to an inexpensive 120 gig Kingston SSD. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N6JQS8C (It was $19.99 when I bought it)Windows boots quickly on the SSD. Probably as fast as my Linux does on the faster M.2. nvme. 120 gig is more than enough for a boot drive as long as you use another drive for data.
If at some point in the future you get restless and want to play, and possibly impress your wife, you might stick a small SSD in her machine to use as a boot drive. And use the 500 gig spin drive for data.
I just got a new bedroom computer. I had trouble getting remote desktop working. After a couple frustrating days I got it working and quickly backed it up. And... it felt good. Probably better than it would have if it had come easy.
The bedroom computer, shown in the window looks almost exactly like the main computer but... that's just me. I like simple. :-)
marknmt thanked Richard (Vero Beach, Florida)- 6 years ago
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