On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 6:59 PM William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 05:40:05PM -0400, Anthony de Boer via talk wrote: > > Alex Beamish via talk wrote: > > > There are, however, still a few files on the dead system I'd like to > get. > > > Today I took that system apart, popped the fan off the CPU, and found > dried > > > thermal paste. Hmm. > > > > A better bet if you're just trying to recover files is to get an > > appropriate USB external enclosure for the old system's storage device, > > put them together, and plug into your new system for review and copying. > > Or, just move the harddisk to the current machine. > I would have done that already, but the system I'm using now has compact power plugs, and the previous has the old style four conductor power plugs -- otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered the list with this question. -- Alex Beamish Software Developer / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alex-beamish-5111ba3 Speaker Wrangler, Toronto Perlmongers / http://to.pm.org/ Baritone, Board Member, Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com Certified Contest Administrator, Barbershop Harmony Society / www.barbershop.org
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