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OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

no, a CD isn’t a computer

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Putty
Mar 21, 2013

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
you're right. a disk has no OS, therefore no soul...

thank you

Bhodi
Dec 9, 2007

Oh, it's just a cat.
Pillbug

Shaman Linavi posted:

updated on my data recovery efforts:
recuva didnt do poo poo
DiskDigger from hiren's was able to get everything off but i ended up having to pay $15 for it since i didnt have time to gently caress around downloading the bootcd. Also just an FYI it takes like 5 hours to scan a 1TB harddrive.

:toot:

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

putting a cd into a disk drive is just regular computer sex

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Sagebrush posted:

putting a cd into a disk drive is just regular computer sex

what about dvd though

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






cinci zoo sniper posted:

what about dvd though

Doovde

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013





stop with your dutch majiks

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






cinci zoo sniper posted:

stop with your dutch majiks


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqpd7WcBmjM

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Sagebrush posted:

putting a cd into a disk drive is just regular computer sex

no! the internet is computer sex. a cd/what have you is just like a computer sex toy.

Agile Vector
May 21, 2007

scrum bored



cinci zoo sniper posted:

what about dvd though

thats dvda if its a multilayer disc

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Agile Vector posted:

thats dvda if its a multilayer disc

lol

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

President Beep posted:

no! the internet is computer sex. a cd/what have you is just like a computer sex toy.

the internet is computer phone sex. obviously for real sex there has to be a physical interaction.

jeez, don't you know how to do sex

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

my mom's computer's ancient-rear end SSD is full and I need to move her onto a new hard drive

what is the best way to do that atm?

she is running Windows 7

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

Luigi Thirty posted:

ancient-rear end SSD

this phrase is kind of jarring. feeling some existential angst here.

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




President Beep posted:

this phrase is kind of jarring. feeling some existential angst here.

imagine what counts ancient for luigi who codes computers older than me

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)
out of curiosity, what’s the use case for stuff 20+ years old?

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
legacy poo poo

Schadenboner
Aug 15, 2011

by Shine

President Beep posted:

out of curiosity, what’s the use case for stuff 20+ years old?

Literally: "It works, please do not dick with this, it is feature-complete."

c.f.:

President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)
lol

e: i guess i was under the assumption that anything mega old (in computer terms) isn’t very useful anymore/doesn’t get along well with newer stuff.

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

President Beep posted:

lol

e: i guess i was under the assumption that anything mega old (in computer terms) isn’t very useful anymore/doesn’t get along well with newer stuff.
it's not like they make ide/pata ssds

Luigi Thirty posted:

my mom's computer's ancient-rear end SSD is full and I need to move her onto a new hard drive

what is the best way to do that atm?

she is running Windows 7
if you buy a new ssd it should come with software to move your old data onto the new disk

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

anthonypants posted:

it's not like they make ide/pata ssds


uh yeah they do, there's plenty of them

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

anyone know how to resize an apfs container that's decided it needs to be the whole disk no matter how much space i free?

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene

Luigi Thirty posted:

my mom's computer's ancient-rear end SSD is full and I need to move her onto a new hard drive

what is the best way to do that atm?

she is running Windows 7

[list=1]
[*]install new drive alongside the old one
[*]boot a linux livecd and copy the entire disk with "dd"
[*]remove the old drive
[*]boot windows off the new drive
[*]use the windows disk manager to extend the existing volume to the empty space
[/list]

Notorious b.s.d.
Jan 25, 2003

by Reene
that said you don't have very long before end of support for windows 7 so if it were me i'd just get her a new computer with whatever the current windows is

Schadenboner
Aug 15, 2011

by Shine

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

that said you don't have very long before end of support for windows 7 so if it were me i'd just get her a new computer with whatever the current windows is

W10 (soon to be W10: Subscription Edition) is real bad though?

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder
i have an external monitor that connects to my macbook via usbc -> display port.

i can only get computer to recognize the monitor (or maaaybe vice versa) if i reboot while the monitor is plugged in. otherwise it doesn't work.

does anyone have ideas for how i can make it work without a full reboot? i've tried sleeping / unsleeping, messing with all the buttons in the displays panel, etc. doesn't work.

DONT THREAD ON ME fucked around with this message at 14:03 on Aug 17, 2018

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl

Luigi Thirty posted:

my mom's computer's ancient-rear end SSD is full and I need to move her onto a new hard drive

what is the best way to do that atm?

she is running Windows 7

dunno whether or not their software refuses to work with w/ non-samsung destination drives but last couple times i've had to do this i was moving them onto a samsung ssd and just downloaded their data migration software. very simple, plays ball w/ usb drive docks, haven't had any problems with it so far.


note, not the magician software, just the data migration tool.

Pierre Chaton
Sep 1, 2006

is there a good software solution to mirror/extend the display of a windows 10 laptop on wifi to that of a windows 10 desktop on ethernet?

the new connect/project stuff in windows would do pretty much what i want if both machines had wifi, but they don't.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Father Jack posted:

is there a good software solution to mirror/extend the display of a windows 10 laptop on wifi to that of a windows 10 desktop on ethernet?

the new connect/project stuff in windows would do pretty much what i want if both machines had wifi, but they don't.

synergy

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
if you have a logitech wireless mouse there's logitech flow

Helianthus Annuus
Feb 21, 2006

can i touch your hand
Grimey Drawer
i replaced my PSU today and my computer stopped KP'ing. thats my story

Schadenboner
Aug 15, 2011

by Shine

Helianthus Annuus posted:

i replaced my PSU today and my computer stopped KP'ing. thats my story

Same but “touchpad and clit mouse” and “Disabling in bios”.

:shrug:

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

is there a way to make safari or finder or whatever is doing it to not auto-deflate zip archives when I download them

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

is there a way to make safari or finder or whatever is doing it to not auto-deflate zip archives when I download them

safari prefs

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

lol

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

thank u

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder

ah yes, PDFs, well known as safe.

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

on osx nothing can harm you

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

I don't think preview supports actionscript in pdfs which is where pretty much all the problems are these days

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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

ah yes, PDFs, well known as safe.

tbf, it's acrobat reader that's hosed up

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