Tech Questions
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My laptop had a slight tumble yesterday with a USB flashdrive attached. Needless to say but it landed on the flashdrive and broke/upset something within said flashdrive as it is now not recognised when inserted in any USB slot. As it holds a good number of files (including a huge number of downloaded youtube music files) is there any way to recover this data given the above?
It could be as simple as breaking the plastic casing containing the drive and sticking it but with my luck it won't be that easy. I do have an external drive reader thingy that I can plug into this current laptop via USB cable to read other hard drives extracted from old computers if that is any help (but that is down in Wellington and I am up home in Napier for a month or three so not much use at the moment)! -
@Higgins I would hazard a guess that it's just a connecting pin that's been dislodged. The actual flash memory should still be good. Problem is if you're not handy with soldering you'll have to send it to a specialist recovery place who should be able to recover the files for you.
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@antipodean Thanks, hopefully you are right and that all it will take is a bit of solder to get things going again.
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@nzzp I have a DVD/Video player combo!
After I transferred all my videos to DVD, it has been on the shelf int he garage for years...to think, we used to think video quality was good!
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@taniwharugby said in Tech Questions:
@nzzp I have a DVD/Video player combo!
After I transferred all my videos to DVD, it has been on the shelf int he garage for years...to think, we used to think video quality was good!
Shit, even thinking DVD (720p) quality was good astounds me now.
Can PS4's play DVDs or just Blu-ray?
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@taniwharugby said in Tech Questions:
@nzzp I have a DVD/Video player combo!
After I transferred all my videos to DVD, it has been on the shelf int he garage for years...to think, we used to think video quality was good!
How times have changed
Someone wanted a copy of an old video I had and asked if I could put it on a DVD. I just uploaded it to the cloud and sent them the link...
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Sticking this in here as there's no Gardening thread.
Looking at robot lawn movers and interested in the ones that don't use a boundary wire but a camera and/or GPS. Have 2 lawns of about 150sq m & 250 sqm. Anyone had any experience?
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@Victor-Meldrew there was a thread somewhere I had asked the question re robo mowers, I ended up buying a new ride on!
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Tech Questions:
Sticking this in here as there's no Gardening thread.
Looking at robot lawn movers and interested in the ones that don't use a boundary wire but a camera and/or GPS. Have 2 lawns of about 150sq m & 250 sqm. Anyone had any experience?
The place I stayed in Sarlat had a Stihl iMow. The grass looked good.
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I have a device which outputs video to a USB stick for archiving and I'd like to store this in the cloud. I'm looking for a device which will take the data from the device's USB port and send it to either a PC or directly to the cloud (OneDrive or Google Drive).
Thought there'd be something there but unless I'm missing something, haven't found anything remotely available. Asking if anyone can help or advise before I start down the Arduino/Raspberry Pi route.
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On A PC? Google Drive will back up everything from a USB device, in fact every time you plug one in it asks if you want it backed up
Google Drive: Share files online with secure cloud storage | Google Workspace
Learn about Google Drive's file-sharing platform that provides a personal, secure cloud storage option to share content with other users.
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Thanks, but it's not a PC sadly - that'd be an easy fix.
The box is a pretty dumb device which outputs data to a USB stick. I want to transfer the data to the cloud or a PC directly. I.e instead of plugging the USB stick into a PC, I want to get that data into a server and the cloud via wifi, bluetooth or similar
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Noise cancelling Bluetooth (over-ear) headphones:
Sony WH-1000XM4 or Sennheiser Momentum 4. They are about the same (relatively good) price.
Will be used to watch TV, listen to podcasts and music, play video games, and will be used regularly on public transport.
Previously had Sennheiser Momentum 2 - good sound but noise cancelling not the best, and not always comfortable, and some cheapish Sony's - okay but broke quickly.
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