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    Question wanting to swap drives between x1 carbon and yoga 7i but the latter cant see any drive but original

    i just decided to reset the pc, remove user files for keeping and start over. wanted to swap drives with family member cuz their pc was getting older and they wanted this newer yoga over theiraging one but if this is some kind of propietary requirement that this will not allow for drive swapping...
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    Question wanting to swap drives between x1 carbon and yoga 7i but the latter cant see any drive but original

    *UPDATE* and more details while the original drive is 2242 the slot is 2280 length with screw there for such drive id include pix but they are not easy to upload. i found out the issue is this device is newer and requires drives to be nvme type to be recognized. so my whole idea has to be...
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    Question wanting to swap drives between x1 carbon and yoga 7i but the latter cant see any drive but original

    wanting to swap drives between x1 carbon and yoga 7i but the latter cant see any drive but original no matter what i do the weird boot menu of the lenovo yoga 7i cannot see any drive but the original nvme. its not a very user friendly bios like high end thinkpads have either and not at all...
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    Question thinkpad boot OSes permanent?

    had this t470s for about 4 years maybe and its my goto for testing different operating systems so it seen at least a dozen+ and they all still reside in the boot menu when i hit f12 for boot from other device even if they are old bygones. the problem is i cant tell any more which is which that i...
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    Question Microsoft Surface Go 3 vs Chuwi MiniBook X N100 (2023) - - - is anyone familiar with either of these ?

    wow its crazy the same hour i saw your mention of the freebook there was a baseline 1 on ebay for 200 bucks so i grabbed it. i will thank you in advance. its bigger than i was looking for some reason everyone goes bigger not staying at smaller but im sure it will do nicely.
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    Question Microsoft Surface Go 3 vs Chuwi MiniBook X N100 (2023) - - - is anyone familiar with either of these ?

    I'm kinda surprised there are few results when I do a search for these but the results are not very helpful. if anyone is familiar with either of these, maybe both, small possibility; anyway please let me know what your thoughts are about either or both of them. i know the only thing in common...
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    Question my laptop works with newly acquired wifi dongle desktop does not

    thank you for the help guys but installing driver did not do anything. im now thinking maybe either windows 11 or gigabyte is the culprit. solution sell it on ebay and get a trusted brand instead. thank you all for the assists. i may swap drives to see which if any of my hunches are right later.
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    Question my laptop works with newly acquired wifi dongle desktop does not

    no matter what i do the imgur images message says image cannot be loaded but here is the link View: https://imgur.com/a/QLeFkMN as you can see its not there in desktop you can tell by usb nic in the name
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    Question my laptop works with newly acquired wifi dongle desktop does not

    recently got a combo bluetooth wifi usb adapter with brand name edup on amazon that works in my lenovo laptop but (gigabyte b550m ds3hd) desktop doesnt even recognize it at all. is it possible its mb dependent or that unsupported? 2nd question why are driver inf type files but in device manager...
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    Question Is USB 3.2 header to front USB-C adapter still available in 2024 ?

    gigabyte b550m ds3h i think the numbering scheme throwing me off when it says 3.2 may be just what most call usb 3.0 which is disapponiting if this is all it can provide. was hoping for newer than that. i already have that adapter from a previous mb. so if its not faster than usb3.0 then i...
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    Question Is USB 3.2 header to front USB-C adapter still available in 2024 ?

    quoting from my moterhboard owners manual: "F_U32 (USB 3.2 Gen 1 Header) The header conforms to USB 3.2 Gen 1 and USB 2.0 specification and can provide two USB ports. For purchasing the optional 3.5" front panel that provides two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports please contact the local dealer" Crazy...
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    Question write protect removal hardware done software not taking

    dont know linux terminal commands enough to even know what is what but hey what can i do with ignorance? sounds like flex is not meant to revive CBs just PCs. ok well it was educational. when my laptop is crawling on its last toe options exist.
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    Question write protect removal hardware done software not taking

    asus chromebook write protect removal: hardware done software not taking trying to retain this Asus C302c (just ended updates this summer) rather than add to the trash problem by installing FlexOs. Got right up to the point of the foolowing terminal command found in a yt video : cd; curl -LO...
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    Question Bios password preventing bootip?

    We have an HP 830 G6 with a bios password that we forgot, it refuses to boot to Windows. It's our 1st HP after only using Thinkpads we're much more familiar with even 1 with forgotten password but it still boots to Windows fine. So question is: what is preventing the system to just boot to...
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    Question We have an HP 830 G6 with a bios password that we forgot. It's our 1st HP after only using Thinkpads we're much more familiar with.

    We have an HP 830 G6 with a bios password that we forgot. It's our 1st HP after only using Thinkpads we're much more familiar with even 1 with forgotten password but it still boots to Windows fine. Anyway on the HP the 1st error says: the date/time are wrong; 2nd was: boot device not detected...