[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Breaking into a Windows 8 COmputer

[John Bartow]

SSD life is not worth worrying about for consumers. 

There are better and worse grades of SSDs no doubt. You find all kinds of opinions about that on the web 😉

I have plenty of Dell OptiPlexes of that vintage still in offices. Upgraded with a good SSD and increased RAM to minimum of 8GB and they work a charm. Most office PCs are really lightly used - Word, small Excel sheets, web browser, maybe an email client Outlook/Thunderbird and some QuickBooks (the old desktop program). The email client's probably push PC harder than anything anymore. (QuickBooks runs slow regardless of what components you.) I used a lot of Samsung EVO models which became hard to get for a while. I did use a less expensive brand - Silicon Power which I've had good luck with. Beware of the low end brands on Amazon though. I was very skeptical because I replaced so many for people who did use the cheapos. I'm happy with mine and have no fear of them dying and even if they do I have cloud backup running multiple times a day.

John B

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2022 6:11 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Breaking into a Windows 8 COmputer

That hasn't been my experience. But I understand that they have error correcting firmware, kind of like the spinners marking a sector or track as dead. But JB could tell us more about that.

r

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 1:44 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You need also to inquire about the age of the SSD. I love them, but 
> their lifespan is short compared to traditional disk drives. After a 
> couple of years, an SSD is on its last legs.
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 3:51 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Stuart:
> >
> > HIRENS worked a treat. Thank you.
> >
> > The comp that he was ready to abandon is a Dell Optiplex 3020 - i5
> @3.2GHz
> > and a 256GB SSD. The only drawback is 4GB Ram but I'm going to tell 
> > him
> to
> > get some more memory.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Rocky
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 2:51 PM Stuart McLachlan 
> > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, you create a bootable CD or USB stick with it. just follow 
> > > the instructions on the site.
> > >
> > > I used to keep a bootable CD but now I carry a bootable USB 
> > > version in
> my
> > > computer bag
> > > all the time. I've used it a few times to reboot and  get into 
> > > both workstations and servers with unknown passwords :)
> > >
> > > On 8 Jun 2022 at 14:37, Rocky Smolin via dba-OT wrote:
> > >
> > > > Stuart:
> > > >
> > > > It sez: "This site provides CD and floppy images for end users 
> > > > to easily edit their forgotten passwords. "
> > > >
> > > > You think it's a bootable CD then? There's a CD drive in the 
> > > > box. I assume it works.  Do you think the CD image on a USB 
> > > > drive would
> work?
> > > >
> > > > r
> > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 2:31 PM Stuart McLachlan via dba-OT < 
> > > > dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hiren's on a boot USB drive or CD 
> > > > > https://www.hirensbootcd.org/
> > > > >
> > > > > That gives you lots or tools, or much simpler Offline NT 
> > > > > Password Recovery & Recovery Editor 
> > > > > http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 8 Jun 2022 at 12:05, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Dear List(s):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A friend of mine has an old computer - Windows 8 based  on 
> > > > > > the sticker in the back - and the login is prompting for a password.
> > > > > > He has no idea what the password might be.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a way to reset or get around the password prompt?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > MTIA
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Rocky
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