[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
The drive adapter arrived yesterday, and as much of our stuff as I could find has been copied or moved. I'm almost done with reinstalling the smaller apps. ISTR either dad or bro wanted to keep the WinVista system on the old drive, so this will need to be used at least one more time. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
Another fan of BH chiming in. When I decided to upgrade my audio recording capabilities, BH had the lowest price on the device I decided to buy, undercutting Amazon considerably. Since I had never heard of BH, after I clicked buy I had a moment of misgiving, based on a terrible experience I had with a company in the UK that sold me a product that arrived broken. Long story short: American Express had to get involved (several times). As I was picking up the BH package at the front desk of my building, one of my neighbors saw the box and said BH was a wonderful company and that I should check out its store in New York. Well, I haven't made it there yet, but I was highly satisfied with the online experience. -Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:18 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? Answering myself, there are, tho not very many places sell 'em; the nearest to me is BH on the west side of Manhattan. I adore BH... used to use them all the time when ordering supplies back when I ran a college TV station... amazing service, amazing selection, and (no kidding) as an entirely Jewish establishment, they were open on Sundays so we could get products shipped to us on Mondays when nobody else did. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
Updating, I've restored our Juno accounts, with plenty of help from something called 'juno5bdb', from a DVD to which I'd happily been backing them up twice a week; sadly, the batch file I used to make the backups is on the other HDD and damned if I can remember it in a natural way. Juno as of the current version 8.8 also makes its own backups, but only of the folder and message data, not addy-book. The webmail accounts we also use were never affected. The brand of the universal drive adapter I ordered is 'Apricorn.' -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
I have one of these: http://www.meritline.com/kingwin-sataide-to-usb-adapter-for-25-and-35-drive-model-usi-2535---p-50793.aspx It's useful for moving files off old hard drives, because it will allow pretty much any hard drive from the 1990s to the present to be temporarily connected to a machine via USB with its own drive letter. From there, you use Windows Explorer to copy files onto your machine's permanent hard drive. And the price is right ($19.95 including shipping). What it does not do is make an old drive into a semi-permanent portable drive; if you want to keep the old drive as a backup, you need to properly protect same from physical damage. On Oct 18, 8:33 am, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
It never fails; I pay $35, then litle bro says he could get similar on eBay for $6. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
Well, little bro said he doesn't have the proper connections to mate the old HDD to some other machine. He's apt to complain bitterly that his day job doesn't enable him to do geeky stuff anymore, and that the rest of the family are all ing tightwads. (No comment.) Dad then went back to the BBY, where a Geek Squad tech quoted him a typically-steep price for labour. My next idea is to ask our ISP, which also has sales and service departments; the fact that we've gotten our connectivity from them could lead to some kind of deal. Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
You could search amazon or newegg or even Bestbuy for external hard drive enclosures. That would let you access the data on the drive and continue to use it for backup. Most hard drives are increasingly prone to failure after 3 years. I would not advise leaving anything on the drive that you do not want to lose. John On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: Well, little bro said he doesn't have the proper connections to mate the old HDD to some other machine. He's apt to complain bitterly that his day job doesn't enable him to do geeky stuff anymore, and that the rest of the family are all ing tightwads. (No comment.) Dad then went back to the BBY, where a Geek Squad tech quoted him a typically-steep price for labour. My next idea is to ask our ISP, which also has sales and service departments; the fact that we've gotten our connectivity from them could lead to some kind of deal. Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? Answering myself, there are, tho not very many places sell 'em; the nearest to me is BH on the west side of Manhattan. Walmart.com, tho, had an adapter into which a nekkid drive (of any of a number of diff. types) could be plugged, also connecting with USB. About $35, and little bro was impressed enough to think about getting himself one! -- BOB, and I feel much better now... -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? Answering myself, there are, tho not very many places sell 'em; the nearest to me is BH on the west side of Manhattan. I adore BH... used to use them all the time when ordering supplies back when I ran a college TV station... amazing service, amazing selection, and (no kidding) as an entirely Jewish establishment, they were open on Sundays so we could get products shipped to us on Mondays when nobody else did. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
Kevin M., to moi: I adore BH... used to use them all the time when ordering supplies back when I ran a college TV station... amazing service, amazing selection, and (no kidding) as an entirely Jewish establishment, they were open on Sundays so we could get products shipped to us on Mondays when nobody else did. They make up for it by closing 1pm Friday, and not opening Saturdays. They'll close early earlier in the week if a high holy day/period ensues, as it is this week during Succos. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Kevin M., to moi: I adore BH... used to use them all the time when ordering supplies back when I ran a college TV station... amazing service, amazing selection, and (no kidding) as an entirely Jewish establishment, they were open on Sundays so we could get products shipped to us on Mondays when nobody else did. They make up for it by closing 1pm Friday, and not opening Saturdays. They'll close early earlier in the week if a high holy day/period ensues, as it is this week during Succos. For some reason, I rarely ordered things on Fridays, and my university's mail room was closed on Saturdays, so that never seemed to phase me. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Kevin M., to moi: I adore BH... used to use them all the time when ordering supplies back when I ran a college TV station... amazing service, amazing selection, and (no kidding) as an entirely Jewish establishment, they were open on Sundays so we could get products shipped to us on Mondays when nobody else did. They make up for it by closing 1pm Friday, and not opening Saturdays. They'll close early earlier in the week if a high holy day/period ensues, as it is this week during Succos. For some reason, I rarely ordered things on Fridays, and my university's mail room was closed on Saturdays, so that never seemed to phase me. I did it again... should be faze, not phase -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.comwrote: Failing that, aren't there connectors that enable one end of the drive to be plugged in as if it were inside a computer case, but the other end is a USB plug that goes into any current machine? I have one that looks like a little box with a slot at the top, and the hard drive is inserted into the slot. It then connects to the computer via USB (it will also do eSATA, whatever that is, but I don't have the cable or the port on my Mac Mini for it, to my knowledge). It also has 4 USB ports at the front of the box, which is nice. It's made by Aluratek, and I'm pretty sure I bought it at a Best Buy near Montreal. John -- John Edwards You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you? - Phil Tufnell -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: Half-OT: Changing hardware again
On Oct 16, 8:37 pm, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: Assuming there's no damage to the old drive, this should be a really easy transfer if you want to do it yourself. http://lifehacker.com/253847/alpha-geek-turn-an-old-hard-drive-into-a... My sympathies on your loss. ISTR hearing from my next younger brother, the first computer geek in the family, that he at least has access to something of this ilk. No timetable on when it all gets done; happily this group, for one, I access primarily through the web interface. The Compaq is a CQ2014. AMD chip, 3gb RAM (I think I upgraded the old one to 2gb), DVD burner (old one had one too). Quieter than my stomach the last two days or so. Correction on the HDD: 500 gigs. Only 3x the old one. -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
