XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 24 Jan 2024 16:58:32 -0600, Jim Joyce   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:35:30 -0500, knuttle  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 01/24/2024 2:44 PM, Paul wrote:   
   >>> On 1/24/2024 2:07 PM, knuttle wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> That is what my daughters keep telling me when I complain about the lack   
   of storage in the current computers.   On my 1TB drive I have right at 4GB of   
   data.  During the installation updates, the disk uses over a half a terabyte   
   to install the update.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes with a current computer I could buy a large external drive, but would   
   I have the external drive when I need access to it?   
   >>>   
   >>> The drive would be sitting on the table in its enclosure,   
   >>> unplugged and waiting for you to plug it in. what   
   >>> could be easier ?   
   >>That assumes that you are sitting in your recliner in front of the TV or   
   >>equivalent.   I have a Portable Laptop that goes places with me, many   
   >>times on the spur of the moment.  ie I have to go over to the next   
   >>building, or to the church and need the hard drive that is sitting   
   >>beside my recliner.   
   >   
   >Is it your laptop or does it belong to the church? Most laptops within the   
   past   
   >decade or more can accept a second (or even third) internal drive, sometimes   
   at   
   >the expense of giving up the (mostly obsolete) optical drive.   
      
      
   No, no, never.  You will have to take my optical drive from my cold dead   
   hand.  (But I appreciate your saying "mostly".  Good man.)   
      
   BTW, this fairly old laptop has a slot for an SD card, so I thought I   
   should put one in, for just in case.  And it's always unloading and   
   loading it.  I'm glad I don't need it.   
      
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