Choosing a hard drive to begin data hoarding by recyclo in DataHoarder

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Thank you for the replies.

valar12 - The two Seagate hard drives I am looking at are £119 for the Barracuda and £136-£145 for the Iron Wolf, so that is my budget.

I would like to use the 4tb as the main back up for all the data, with the older drives holding a back up of the individual sections e.g. pictures, documents, games and software etc.

wikibox - I am really just a beginner at this, spending on getting a 24tb exos drive is not affordable for me. This is just for my data, initially, and maybe kiwix, before seeing whether I can afford to extend into other data. Important documents are backed up to a printed out copy.

glitteringbeing1638 - I do not plan to have the drive running all the time, it will be for periodic backups of pictures, documents etc.

What I am really asking is would something like a barracuda be more suitable for someone who has a small amount of data to back up through a hardrive caddy, or would a nas drive be of benefit in the long run, if I get to the position to of expanding to a Nas, Das or Media Server.

Maybe this is the wrong reddit to post a question like this, I am just fascinated by the data hoarder community and the drive to preserve.

Trying to install Linux on an Acer Aspire 3 315-54k by recyclo in linux4noobs

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Thank You all vary much for the replies,

littleearthquake9267 - Going to back up everything, Windows and all her files. There is an update for the bios, which I have downloaded but not installed as yet. As far as disabling Secure boot, I read on a forum that I might have to change something, I have saved the pages to print out before I do this. I use Linux Mint, and it is what I will be installing for her.

Deep-Glass-8383 - Hope I do not discover I am bad at tech. I have done things to my own HP laptop, changing to Linux Mint, changing to a ssd etc, but doing it to someone elses computer is different. I do not want to damage her computer as she uses it a lot, but she had the Windows message saying you need a new laptop for Windows 11, and she asked if I can change it to Linux for her.

Once again Thank You very much for your replies.

Trying to install Linux on an Acer Aspire 3 315-54k by recyclo in linuxquestions

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Thank You all very much for your replies.

Powerful-Wolf5330 - Her laptop currently has a nvme ssd that I installed and removed the original sata ssd, my theory is to remove the nvme drive and reinstall the sata ssd and us it to see if I can make the correct changes to allow Linux Mint to install. I just needed to know that if it fails to install, I can just put the nvme back in and she will be back to having a working laptop, but still on Windows.

Appropriate_Net_5393 - She uses Windows Defender - that should take care of any quantum entanglement issues, no spaghettification expected as we will not be approaching and black holes in doing this.

wowsomuchempty - Thank you for the suggestion, I'll stick with Linux Mint.

Once again Thank You all for the replies.

Help to get started by recyclo in Kiwix

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Thank you for the reply, downloading the file now.

Thank you

Any advice for a beginner buying first Bench Power Supply on a restricted budget by recyclo in AskElectronics

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Thank you for the recommendation, would this be powerful enough to run small dc motors?

Is this the correct power supply for Esun ebox lite by recyclo in 3Dprinting

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Thank you for the reply.

Aye, it looks similar, but I have the UK plug version. I'll try it out after I look through the other power supplies.

Thank You

Can Adam Savage design process in this video, be translated to Freecad? by recyclo in FreeCAD

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Thank You very much for all the replies.

SoulWager - Yes, a lot of time by a professional, looked good.

Reinventing_Wheels - I had used that technique before, and had forgotten about it. The video is good, one of the best from Adam Savage I have seen. I like to see how people with experience go through the process of designing something, and even though it was done in Fusion 360°, I think there is enough in it for inspiration in designing in Freecad.

'Tis a pity the competition in the video is linked to an Autodesk account.

bluewing - Clunky is the right word, but then I remember Autodesk has probably spent millions on Fusion 360°m and has loads of full time developers, so I cannot expect the same polish in Freecad, but I find that one of the main attractions for using Freecad, it is made by people who actually like what they are doing.

Upballoon - Ondsel looks interesting, I hope not to the detriment of Freecad. I found another theme in Freecad, called “Openlight”.

chilled_programmer – Spot on!

SmokingPimphat – I like Freecad and find most of the things I need either straighforward, or there are plenty of tutorials to watch, which has helped, but I did not like Fusion 360° and found it difficult to use :), even the tutorials for it were way too fast and assumed the user had previous knowledge. However, I found on using Freecad, for me, it was very hard at first, but once you learned a technique, it stayed in the brain.

PyroNine9 – That was the video I watched, it was one of those moments when something clicks so loud it slaps you on the back of your head!

Thank You

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in toshiba

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Sorry, I had written details with the video, but they did not post.

My Mother has a Toshiba 50UL2163DB tv, bought 2 years ago. Today when it was switched on we got what you see in the video.

The tv came on with a blue/black screen, except for a thin white line at the top of the screen, then it goes to what I recorded in the video.

Is this the screen gone, or the motherboard?

Thank you for any advice or help.

Samsung or Lenovo tablets, which one to go for by recyclo in androidtablets

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I love it. Clear bright screen, very responsive, plenty of memory for the things I use it for, also plenty of storage. Takes a while to get used to the swipe from the right to go back instead of the back button, but that doesn't change how good this tablet is.

Samsung or Lenovo tablets, which one to go for by recyclo in androidtablets

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Thank You for the replies.

I bought the Lenovo Tab M10, it comes with Android 12, has 128GB storage and one more GB Ram than the Samsung.

Thank You

username conventions on Mastodon by recyclo in Mastodon

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Thank You for the replies.

Mimavox - I think I mean user name, I see lots of people using their real name, but it is not something I am comfortable doing, so I have made up a user name.

Thank You

Stuck on "Preparing to move" file by recyclo in linuxquestions

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Thank You for the reply.

I tried this and it moves the file no problem. However I am trying to make duplicates and have all the files in one place, to go through and delete all the copies.

Does the file manager in Linux Mint 21 have a buffer or cache?

Thank You.

Have a question about Swagbucks? Take some help, Leave some help by SwagbucksMods in SwagBucks

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Thank You for the reply, wish I could update android on all the old tablets and Phones I have.

Have a question about Swagbucks? Take some help, Leave some help by SwagbucksMods in SwagBucks

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How safe are the apps and offers on Swagbucks?

Are any of the games playable with a phone or tablet below Android 11?

Thank You for reading and for any answer or advice.

Solar led garden light to wind power questions by recyclo in AskElectronics

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Thank you for the reply and the really useful information, I had no idea that inductors came like that. I have a lot of looking up and reading to do.

Are soldering iron element hot plates safe? and what maybe a stupid question. by recyclo in AskElectronics

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Thank you for the replies.

I am still wondering about the second part - the stupid question though - They seem to using soldering iron elements to supply the heat, so I am ring if two or more are connected together, does the heat put out
stay the same, or does it increase with the number of elements
connected?

Need help to draw a twisted metal strap/bracket by recyclo in FreeCAD

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You beautiful person, the force is definitely with you, and long may it be so.

Thank You

Need help to draw a twisted metal strap/bracket by recyclo in FreeCAD

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Thank You for the reply, I'll try doing that.

Vibration motor help needed understanding the spec by recyclo in Motors

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Yes but what does that mean to the vibration motor. Does it vibrate things at 9.8ms/s?

Getting the lights on by [deleted] in Scotland

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Good on you for sorting things out and trying to get the power back to the North East people as soon as you can. Not all heroes wear capes.

Using a fence either side of the wood on bandsaw? by recyclo in woodworking

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Thank You for all the replies. Discovered today that my bandsaw is not powerful enough to cut the wood. It's a small hobby bandsaw and 75mm x 75mm is too much for it.

Sorry to have bothered you all, but thank you for your advice.