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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

i feel oddly unsafe when my entire digital life is running from an external drive. backups sure, but the main thing? makes me nervous

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[–] pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Many laptops support a second internal drive.*

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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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[–] solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a little like surgery but much easier than removing your own appendix (depending on the laptop).

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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

my current laptop surgery experience is unscrewing all the bits around the fans to give them a good wipe from the dust, and replace thermal paste, that sounds like next level!

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[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

If you've opened it up enough to get access to the fans then you were most likely like 90% of the way to getting access to the hard drives too. Hell, on every laptop I've ever owned, it was actually easier to access the hard drives than the fans.

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