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usonian

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30. I was once asked to bring a "zip drive" to a menorial service.

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 12:45 PM

Jun 2025

Well, the requester meant thumb drive.

Despite the confusion in terminology, the director had some experience with memorial presentations and it all worked out ok.

Nearby friends can be a great resource. I always lived in suburbs, but like Thoreau, I have been living in the woods for a while. Just finished a marathon wildfire mitigation campaign (Whew!) so finding nearby help or even offering it, is tough. Two DU'ers moved away, but one remains sorta nearby, and I advised on a camera upgrade.

Felt good.

Remote help is very difficult. I often diagnose problems by running rapidly through menus, or (GASP) hitting the command line with lots of commands. Best done on site, rapidly, to get to the heart of the problem ( and maybe fiddle with wires)

Seriously, I was testing out an amplifier that had very low output volume. The problem was an old audio cable that was feeding it signal ... reluctantly.

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*UPDATE* see Post 22 ZOWIE! - Which is the simplest way to transfer files/pics from old laptop to new? [View all] UTUSN Jun 2025 OP

My backup and transfer strategy. usonian Jun 2025 #1

Thanks. Maybe for the future. UTUSN Jun 2025 #4

I have a claudette Jun 2025 #2

OK, this sounds same as transferring on-and-off of the thumbs/GoogleDrive etc. (not the USB). UTUSN Jun 2025 #3

If you have Google drive can't you just use that? LearnedHand Jun 2025 #5

You have a point. I guess i have it, use chrome and gmail. What's sneakernet? UTUSN Jun 2025 #6

I don't know what the size of the drive is LearnedHand Jun 2025 #7

Have never used powerpoint at all. Will it do what simple Publisher did for me: UTUSN Jun 2025 #9

Basically it's plugging a drive into one machine,,, lastlib Jun 2025 #18

Thanks, not to prolong, but "plugging a drive" - I've heard of downloading drives, but what is a UTUSN Jun 2025 #19

Any USB drive--thumb drive or external hard drive--or SSD card..... lastlib Jun 2025 #20

Thanks UTUSN Jun 2025 #21

I regularly back up my entire home folder to external hard drives. hunter Jun 2025 #8

Thanks but way beyond me. UTUSN Jun 2025 #10

Thumb drives sound the easiest for you. Cloud works well aslo but usually have a limit like 750GB Eko Jun 2025 #11

Thanks. Had been convinced about google, now swayed by you to thumb. UTUSN Jun 2025 #12

You can get a usb disk drive cheap also. Eko Jun 2025 #13

Is it a piece of machinery? Connects by usb or how? UTUSN Jun 2025 #14

usb cable, its a usb cd drive to be clear Eko Jun 2025 #15

Wow thanks for everything! That ought to do the program part. UTUSN Jun 2025 #16

No prob. Eko Jun 2025 #17

*ZOWIE*! - got/connected/installed an LG jobber and DOWNLOADED the Publisher 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!! UTUSN Jun 2025 #22

Nice! Eko Jun 2025 #23

Transfering data files LPBBEAR Jun 2025 #24

Thanks, but my hassle free method would be to hire you and pick up the thing when you were done! UTUSN Jun 2025 #25

Friends! usonian Jun 2025 #26

So you are your friends' thumb/disc/cloud object. I mis-read your headline "Friends!" UTUSN Jun 2025 #28

I was once asked to bring a "zip drive" to a menorial service. usonian Jun 2025 #30

"confusion in terminology" speaks to me. A peeve in my old age has been communicating, UTUSN Jun 2025 #31

I'm probably older than you. usonian Jun 2025 #33

That would be great... LPBBEAR Jun 2025 #32

I've used cloud backup for this for years. Basso8vb Jun 2025 #27

********FINAL UPDATE******** - have now Saved the missing folder onto thumb & opened it on new laptop UTUSN Jun 2025 #29