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[Golemus]

Good Times Everyone, I'm OUT.

 

[blonk1]

Hows everyone's day/night going?

 

[ImN0tDon's iconImN0tDon]

Update: they can’t fix my old laptop because there are no more spare parts. I can still use it, but the speakers are dead. No sound without earphones. So now I have to play with earphones all the time.

That got me thinking… can I just move the HDD from my old laptop to the new one? The thing holding me back is that the old HDD might fail, and buying a new one for the new laptop is crazy expensive. It’s almost 20% of the laptop’s price.

Please, tech bros… I need your wisdom.
@Lensk @ImN0tDon @Twigless Leaf @MattaMus11 @mime

External hdd's haven't gone up that much have they? Could've swore you could get 2TB for like $100, and as Matt said most use nvme's now. Worst case scenario you can buy a toaster or sata to usb cable for pretty cheap and use that to transfer files over if the laptop completely bricks itself.
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Hows everyone's day/night going?

G'day mate!

 

[Ohcabebartra]

Hows everyone's day/night going?

Chilling and playing gta 5 for the first time in like 10 years. How you doing?

 

[blonk1]

Chilling and playing gta 5 for the first time in like 10 years. How you doing?

Chilling and grinding activity coins for Members+ for the past 4 hours

 

[imYuna!]

Hows everyone's day/night going?

My nights been comfy :3 Hope everyone else is having a nice evening <3

 

[Catchetail]

Good Times Everyone, I'm OUT.

Good night!

 

[Dip!]

Hows everyone's day/night going?

Besides college stuff? Waiting for Reanimal to be released. I have completely saved my self from any and all spoilers. I can't wait for it.

 

[Silwith]

Do you know @Silwith ? I think he'd make you laugh quite a bit.

I don't but a glance at the profile and he definitely leaves an impression :3

 

[Ohcabebartra]

Chilling and grinding activity coins for Members+ for the past 4 hours

 

[imYuna!]

Hiya! me too I just don't have the gif to prove it :3 (stalked your profile for a lil bit and you seem cool also <3)

 

[A_Man_In_Space]

Good luck man

 

[Rayiss]

Update: they can’t fix my old laptop because there are no more spare parts. I can still use it, but the speakers are dead. No sound without earphones. So now I have to play with earphones all the time.

That got me thinking… can I just move the HDD from my old laptop to the new one? The thing holding me back is that the old HDD might fail, and buying a new one for the new laptop is crazy expensive. It’s almost 20% of the laptop’s price.

Please, tech bros… I need your wisdom.

Definitely just get a hdd enclosure and make it into an external transfer everything off of it onto the new laptop that you wanted and can keep it around as an external after if you want to just have a bit more storage. You can also use crystaldiskinfo to check the health of the drive to see if it has any chances of failing soon.

 

[redfingers]

There are also universal data and power sets that can be less than a dedicated enclosure, if you don't intend to use/reuse the enclosure after transferring.

Also, doing what I can to delay the AI takeover by sending it confusing prompts:

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[Revv]

Hows everyone's day/night going?

Really good, spent my entire day discovering new music

 

[elsnedyl000]

Really good, spent my entire day discovering new music

What kind of music did you discover?

 

[tfgbhnjmk]

Hows everyone's day/night going?

Doctor visit, checking on the ol' arthritis. Other than that, pretty good

 

[matsc123]

Man, having to buy my own food again after 2 weeks of paying for everything on the company credit card has sucked.

 

[uncbuck]

Super submissive? Like, your partner gets to bend you over every piece of furniture in the house?

That sounds a lot like Stretch Armstrong

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[BrodyPresto]

Such a detailed write‑up. You’re the GOAT, @Lensk .

A 512 GB SSD is great. My old laptop only has a 100 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD. Do you even need an HDD with that much SSD?

On another topic, what tablet brand do you recommend for mid‑range specs and a mid‑range budget? I hate Apple’s forced account sign‑ins and limited app installs, so I’m leaning toward Samsung or Lenovo. But I’ve heard Samsung also forces you to create an account or else you can’t fully factory reset. What’s the real deal?

FYI, I want to use the tablet for schoolwork, since it’s much more practical for reading e‑books or PDFs while lying in bed.

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Guys, virtually all modern ASUS laptops only support SSDs, not HDDs. Some models have expansion slots, allowing you to install two SSDs.

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That said, which setup is better:
1) 512 GB SSD
2) 1 TB SSD
3) 512 GB SSD + 1 TB SSD
4) 1 TB SSD + 1 TB SSD

A 1 TB SSD costs roughly $200 USD here.