Computer smoked up = really pissed off

[shevanel86]

just turned my computer on and it just smoked up think the power supply is fucked really gutted cause ive got so much porn on that hard drive hope no one finds out about all the shit i got on there its all from browsing on this forum lol is there any way i could access the harddrive im on my laptop now but theres no way i can get stuff off that old drive or is there?

[madahab]

for $20 or so you can buy an "enclosure" that will turn your old hard drive into an external USB hard drive.

just remember, if you take your whole computer to be repaired by someone, they very well might browse through all your porn, steal your private porn, and report you to the feds for kiddie porn if they find naked pics of your own kids in the bath.

[CP]

open your tower and remove your hard drive. Theres little spacers on the back called jumpers, which you can swap around, to change the drive into a slave drive. (if its an IDE drive) but if its a sata drive, then you dont need to change the jumpers. You can plug the hard drive into a friends pc and remove anything you dont want the shop to see.

[shevanel86]

sorted out yesterday thanks guys just bought a new powersupply for 19 quid and wired it up and everything works fine thanks for the help everyone

[aniporn]

Originally Posted by shevanel86

sorted out yesterday thanks guys just bought a new powersupply for 19 quid and wired it up and everything works fine thanks for the help everyone

heh, you did the right thing doing it yourself. Most of those tech guys tend to poke around when you leave yoru computer with them.

[shevanel86]

haha yeah should really get one they cost loads still though i got some on my usb pen but its only a gig! hopefully get one soon can put movies and music on it then also

[zapras]

I just got a external harddrive from my brother for christmas
Its well worth it so far. Its very fast. Much more faster than i would expect a usb harddrive to be.
But i did put in the computer in the office and the computer had usb version 1.0. It was soo slow. Took 2 hours to copy 3 gigs. So if your going to get a external harddrive make sure your computer supports usb version 2.0. If you bought your computer in the last 3 years it should be fine.

[CP]

Originally Posted by shevanel86

haha yeah should really get one they cost loads still though i got some on my usb pen but its only a gig! hopefully get one soon can put movies and music on it then also

If you have nero, why not but some blank DVD disc's and make data disc;s with all your porn. They will take about 4.7gb data

[jsnd]

Originally Posted by shevanel86

haha yeah should really get one they cost loads still though i got some on my usb pen but its only a gig! hopefully get one soon can put movies and music on it then also

Some people with lots of $$$ buy a fancy external drive system, smart people do wha madahab said and get an enclosure and put a drive in it.
My 120gig exernal drive has been a awesome. i did buy a usb 2.0 card for my laptop to run it fast as zapras mentioned.
I almost have it halfway full.

[chickman]

i advise always an ups against up and down of electric power !