Windows 10: Hording Useless PC Parts

I was in high tech work since 1960, analog back then, and digital since before 1968. Started building or buying PCs from then mid-1970’s and continued until the present. Like many users I horde parts for some strange reason and have several hard drives from 80G to 300G laying around that I will never use; so am at a loss to what to do with them. Funny, huh? Guess the best thing to do is to throw them in the trash. Why do we horde junk?

:)

 

Nokia N8 Phone Memory Problem

I find with the N8 that a full reset is nessicary to clear out the memory

Symbyan creates in the background hords of small log files which over time clutter up the non accesable parts of the C drive,

A reset will clear this



Just make sure to back everything up first

 

Gears of war 4 error

I'm trying to play the game on xbox one. I don't have a gold membership but im not trying to play online, I'm trying to play the versus mode and horde mode with the computer/private. The system gives me that error code just by clicking on the versus or
horde mode. So, problem has not been solved.

 

That's what I did. I have old video cards, IDE cables, modems, etc. I started dumping stuff a few years ago. I have been repairing computers since 2005.

 

debsawyer, not sure why I started hording parts, but it's kind of a habit. I'm getting old so that may be it *Smile

 

I have 8080 Mb 5 1/4 floppies 20 meg HDs and loads more often they are worth loads of money as firms run old systems and cant get old parts

 

Old hard drives have good magnets...take them apart, keep the magnets, mount the magnets to a wall and hang your tools from them. Or keep a door close that will not stay shut. That's what I use them for...

 

I use the hard drive magnets as fridge magnet's, It's amazing how powerful they are.

 

+1 on the magnets-- they're excellent!

 

I'm not sure if they are still doing it but if you post your disk (plus .69 cents) to this guy he'll shoot it with a big rifle.

WTB your broken SSDs because SCIENCE! | [H]ard|Forum

More fun than throwing them in the trash but you'd be losing money each time - especially if it became a habit and you had to buy drives specifically for this purpose.

Personally I hoard stuff on the off chance it will be useful later. It never never is.

 

Every now and than I collect (fancy word for hoard) enough parts to make another system and give it to somebody. For some 10 years I was servicing computers at home so I had a lot of (mostly un-servicable) parts stashed in the basement. One day I collected them all and sold for recycling, made some 300 Euro out of them.

 

Wish I'd kept my first PC which was a 286.

 

I wish I still had my first computer Heathkit Z-150 (IBM based processor). Left it in Canada together with a bunch of Timex Sinclair, Atari, 286 and other ones.

 

Wow! I would feel empty after leaving all that behind!

 

Didn't take too long to start hoarding, err.... collecting even more. When I returned to Serbia in1998, sanctions were just lifted and everybody wanted to upgrade their ancient computers.