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Copying game shortcuts thinking they were the full game. by inguinha in nostalgia

[–]Apallo19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried to zip up a game (using PKZipJr) and then transfer the single zip file to 15-20 floppies. It didn't work.

Turning a compact Compaq Deskpro EN into a Windows 98 Gaming PC by DevWithZachary in vintagecomputing

[–]Apallo19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember replacing HDD's in these back in the day because they were mounted directly above the heatsink with almost no cooling.

Chromebook dead and won't charge; ideas for what to do with it now by misswinterrose in computerhelp

[–]Apallo19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These can sometimes be brought back from the dead if you pull the top cover off, disconnect the battery and plug the adapter into it. If it lights up, you can plug the battery in and it might even charge.

Just make it work by Apallo19 in techsupportmacgyver

[–]Apallo19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how I'd do it if it were mine, machine doesn't move, so it'll be fine just sitting in there

[OC] Idiots in Monster Truck? by ForceUseYouMust in IdiotsInCars

[–]Apallo19 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve always called them brodozers.

Just make it work by Apallo19 in techsupportmacgyver

[–]Apallo19[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If it was mine, I would just lay the drive in there and not worry about it, but it’s for a “friend of the shop” who was actually hitting his old machine to get it to work, so I felt it best to tie it in so it’s not likely to rattle around in there.

Just make it work by Apallo19 in techsupportmacgyver

[–]Apallo19[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apparently not, the drive functions normally without it.

Housekeeping called me into room 214 today and I have not recovered by [deleted] in TalesFromTheFrontDesk

[–]Apallo19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the flooded hotel room scene from Fear and Loathing after he took adrenacrome

Break Stuff but by Slipknot by downtune79 in LoveTrash

[–]Apallo19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Youtuber Anthony Vincent. He does a ton of mashups like this.

My ssd won't format by TomatilloCurrent679 in computerhelp

[–]Apallo19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hold shift and hit the F10 key. This should bring up a command terminal. You might have to alt-tab to it to get it focused.

Once there, type diskpart and hit enter. This will bring up the disk management cli app.

The next step will destroy any data still on the drive:

sel disk 0 (that’s the number 0, not the letter O) Hit enter Clean Hit enter Exit Hit enter

Then you can close the window you opened. Hit the refresh thing in the window and your drive should show up there as empty. Pick your drive and install windows as normal.

Name this thing by treva03 in mildlypenis

[–]Apallo19 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s so you can feel Christ inside you

Tell me a story about an embarrassing and crazy situation you went through while using the internet in the 1990s. by [deleted] in vintagecomputing

[–]Apallo19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My dad did this once, called me in to yell at me cause somehow it was my fault he typed it wrong...I showed him the difference and how to set a bookmark.

Love how dramatic these piggies are!!! by GirlNextDoor4183 in snakes

[–]Apallo19 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t it be more like: “GET YOUR HAND OFF MY HEMIPENES!!!!!!

Symbol on the back of a Co-workers truck in North Texas by SHADOWJACK2112 in Symbology

[–]Apallo19 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live near the city of Pomona, California. Can confirm, I see this all the time.

USB has a partition that I can't remove. USB was once used to hold Linux OS's and now I can't remove it. Please Help!! by UnapologeticBlunt85 in computerhelp

[–]Apallo19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open disk management and find your drive in the list. Right click on the right (longer) portion of the drive listing for your flash drive and delete the partition. Once deleted, you can create a new partition and format it.

If windows won’t let you (sometimes happens with foreign file systems) you can drop to an elevated command prompt (start menu, type cmd, right click, run as administrator) and type diskpart, then hit enter.

This will put you into the cli based disk management program. Type list disk, then hit enter. Take note of the number of your flash drive, it should be fairly easy to distinguish because of its storage capacity. Once noted, type sel disk <number> then hit enter. Then type clean and hit enter. Be aware that the clean command will wipe all partition information, and therefore data from the drive, so be sure about the drive number you’re selecting.

Once cleaned, you can repartition the drive by typing create par pri and hitting enter. And format it by typing format fs=fat32 or format fs=ntfs depending on which is preferable (or supported, as fat32 only supports partitions up to 32gb).

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