this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2024
1025 points (98.8% liked)

Comic Strips

11769 readers
2370 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (8 children)

If you actually want to find a file on a long abandoned laptop, it may be easier to pull the drive and use an external enclosure to read it with a current system. If you have the hardware. No need for any of the other hardware, rtc, nvram, let alone the os to work.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Really? Pull a drive instead of plugging in the charger?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

If you are just checking one or two devices, charger is the way to go. Now if you need to check like a dozen for some reason, pulling the drives might be easier.

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)