Came with the house. Changing it out would not be fun.

I have never heard of this before. Thanks for mentioning it.

Import duties are a scam to begin with.

Back in the 80s & 90s you had to configure settings like IRQ and bad sectors.

I agree, but it was free.

I got the laptop free so a sketchy no-name drive is fine for my needs.

Ok, sketchy no-name brand it is, then. One of these perhaps?

I know the feeling. I logged into HP hoping to look up the serial number. All it would tell me is that the warranty is expired.

Turns out there are different types of M.2 keys.

The difference in keys is explained here.

Here’s more info on the types of keys.
~~I’m going to look for an adapter. ~~

sata m.2 ssd

Is this a new Guga episode, or has Babbish sunk that low?

Also has (or had) a cli interface.

I create /data and mount my 2nd drive there using fstab.

I then mount /data/downloads under my user downloads folder so everything goes to my 2nd drive. That way I dont have to redownload anything if I redo my main drive.

Why would anyone opt in to this? What is the point of it?

No. The old tubes were well used and worn. It was high time for new ones. Just the first set I ordered weren’t adjustable, hence the messy yellow flame on the left. I ordered a proper set with adjustable air intakes and now I get a proper blue flame as seen on the right.

Only problem was mounting the sparkers. Had to get creative.

34! 34 Counts!

This is what I did when I had to refurb a laptop. Swap the drives, reinstall the OS, snd hand it all to the user. All your files are on this usb drive.

Thats when you find out who understands folder structure and who doesn’t.

Mobaxterm is your friend.

Reinvent Winamp for Android and iPhones.