Recent content by Mike13Foxtrot

The SSD in this incident is not even hefty enough to be a paperweight. :p I pick up TB drives all the time. Usually OEM packed. Always have, got 2 empties 1 TB and 1 500 Gb, just sitting. I guess you could call me a file hoarder. Comes from years of running a BBS in the 90's. Threw a 30 gal tub...

Thanks Nelson for the info... I have 6 other SSD's Micro Center usually has the 120's for under 20.00 along with 5 dollar Pi Zero W's. Grab when there. They have worked so far. Difference is all others I have are made in Taiwan. The one that croaked was made in China. I was kinda being...

The drive was used in a 3 month time frame and only occasionally. So number of writes not an issue. Not with an SSD that I installed peppermint on and used that laptop about 5 times since just updating. As I said maybe the drive was not the best 12 bucks on Amazon for a 128 Gb SSD. Soooo...

So had Peppermint running just fine on a year old HP laptop. Switched out the 500 Gb drive with a 128 Gb SSD. Peppermint installed and has been on for 3 months. Not a laptop I use all the time. Tried OpenSuse the other day. Opps. Installed from USB, install went just fine, until reboot. Drive...

Forgot one. Was at Micro Center, they had the PiTop for sale on the clearance rack for 35 bucks. So I has a 14 inch monitor self contained Pi B+ also installed a 3-5v amp and some small speakers inside. And then there is the original 3B+ in a wire framed tilting mount, that I made with the 7...

Tower Speaker, plug in or Bluetooth, cut the top off, replaced with plexi, then mounted a PI 3B+ upside down so all fits inside. Can plug into PS or a portable battery pack. My internet radio, usb drive music player. Running Voumio. PI ZeroW, inside an M3 Lee tank die cast model running Kodi...

With MicroCenter 16gb USB drives at 5 bucks at register, I just put ISO's on their own. I can always MintStick them back if they get screwed up. Go a little 2 drawer plastic dollar store desk container full of them. My only problem is remembering what I got on which.

Yeah think I was also Redhat from Linux for Dummies. Got the Penguin bug, then CD's from Linux mags. Then finally cable modem speeds, then downloading. Now on Main desktop, Win10 o_O (still have stuff only on MS) I run VM and try out a lot of Distros.

Was delighted that even the touch screen works. So far I wipe out all the MS links and G links Libra and Firefox on any and all Linux. Love MintStick as well it restored a Win10 recovery 32g USB drive. Even WIN wont reformat. :)

Yeah...for 250.00 picked up a 40 on a controller card, formatting made it 32 MB. Still have that thing today. Then a few years later at a convention, bought a 250 MB for 250.00. Picked up a 1 TB WD OEM at MicroCenter last month for 19.95.

Been playing with PC's since 1990, with a first IBM running at a whopping 12 MHz. 640 ram, dual disk drives no hard drive. Building them since 1994. Using Linux off/on since 1998. All my laptops, have 4 now, run Linux distros. Mint on 2 HP's Peppermint on a dell and Alienware older laptops. And...

Picked up a Dell Inspirion 11 3000 for $100.00. Windows 10 would get me to the Sign in screen then restart. Took 5+ times almost everytime. It also has a tablet mode, touch screen... The touch worked well. Wiped and installed Peppermint Linux. Said to myself, don't really need the touch, all...