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elocs

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4. I used these laptops like a desktop computer in my living room

Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:14 PM

Aug 2019

so they weren't moved and when I would use them, one at a time, it would be on a laptop cooler and also I had a small external fan blowing on them.
I had noticed that if I would power them off I would have trouble when I powered on again and wished I had just left it on.

Years ago I had a Mac Mini that crashed and burned just weeks after its warranty expired and then my old desktop died the next week so I've been through this before.
Luckily I had an external hard drive that saved my data this time.

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Any have experience with "unmountable boot volume"? [View all] elocs Aug 2019 OP

Replace failed hard drives with SSD in the laptops and Linux distro load them? Brainfodder Aug 2019 #1

The cost is not worth it for 2 old and inexpensive laptops. elocs Aug 2019 #2

Two disk failures in two weeks Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #3

I used these laptops like a desktop computer in my living room elocs Aug 2019 #4

if you have full backups, replacing a laptop drive yourself is a matter of a handful of screws mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #5

I want nothing more to do with Windows, ever if I can help it. n/t elocs Aug 2019 #6

might be able to fix it CloudWatcher Aug 2019 #7

Thanks for the advice but I want nothing more to do with Windows. elocs Aug 2019 #8

Bye bye windows :) CloudWatcher Aug 2019 #9

I will have very little on the cloud. elocs Aug 2019 #10