I am trying to retrieve data from old family pcs, I cant find the hard drive in this one lol am i dumb or what
I am trying to retrieve data from old family pcs, I cant find the hard drive in this one lol am i dumb or what
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I don’t see one. But that busted open PSU could actually be deadly, there is enough power stored in a PSU’s capacitors to kill you even after it is unplugged.
no hard drive in the picture
google pata hard drive to see what it would like big 1inch thick rectangle.
Where’s Waldo of pc building
Natural selection doesn’t always work.
No HDD in the picture but almost out of frame in the top right is the type of cable one would use in this PC.
There is no HDD there and nothing to store data. Also… that PSU… erm… never put mains anywhere near it. In that state it is a fire, explosion, and electrocution hazard all at the same time.
NSFMR
🤣 bro is really doing data recovery and doesn’t even know what a hard drive looks like ☠️
No.
No.
You have –
* 2 ODD drives
* 1 Floppy drive
* 1 badly damaged PSU that 100% will kill you if you ever think about trying to use it again
* 1 damaged CPU
* 1 damaged motherboard
* Various PCI cards that are too blurry to determine
Would be an IDE HDD which is not shown in your photo. I do see the IDE cables on the top right, but that was probably for the CD-roms and floppy drive.
It looks old enough that there might not be any HDD. I’d be looking for blank CD-roms which might have been used for backups.
Is this a new electroboom thing or
There are black capacitors on that power supply that should really wake you up, or make you sleep if you bridge the gap lol
They should say 420v ish
No but I do see what I think is an old ATI Radeon?
r/FindTheSniper
No, I don’t see anything like it.
BTW, never open up a power supply unit unless you know what are you doing. That thing manages high voltage that can be still inside even if disconnected, and you could kill yourself due electrocution.
Here is the parts that I see on your picture:
https://preview.redd.it/lxibmomhaked1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=438d2157cd020d375d9f26d0c5da6a4e2ccfd466
What the hell are you doing my man?
I’m not being mean.
You’re trying to recover data and you don’t know what a storage drive looks like?
And you opened a PSU looking for it?
You should not attempt to recover anything based on the above. Take it to someone who knows what they’re doing.
Maybe the drive is still in the case. I suggest you to take a picture of the inside of the computer. Maybe it get mounted in a place where it’s hard to spot.
Why would anyone do this if you have no clue what a hard drive look like….
Question on PSUs, just out of curiosity: how long can they reasonable hold enough power to shock / hurt you?
The hard drive is most likely in a bay in thr case still. It’s possible it is strapped to a wall of the case somewhere to save room.
I’m confused why is the psu all mangled up?
So dangerous.
I replaced a fan in mine few months ago .
I work as an electrician and it still cares the shit out of me. That’s a lot of volts it can store.
Found the Tweaker
The open PSU, the CPU face up, screws laying everywhere. It gets worse the more you look at it.
This is honestly one of the most funny posts I’ve seen on here. I really can’t tell if it’s a troll post. Why are there 4 pcie cards, 3 sticks of RAM, the CPU is torn out of the socket, a screw mat with half the screws off the mat and the rest just clumped together, OH and 3 disk drives!? It looks like AI created this picture of what it thinks is inside a computer.
Also no there’s no Hard Drive there.
No offense, but if you can’t identify a hard drive, I think you aren’t ready for whatever the fuck is going on in this image.
bro tore apparent his PSU to find the hard drive
This feels like bait, designed to concern and enrage sub regulars
I think it’s funny how many people are mistaking the 34 pin floppy drive cable for an IDE cable.
DO NOT EVER OPEN UP / DISASSEMBLE / OTHERWISE MESS WITH THE POWER SUPPLY IF YOU DON’T 100% UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!
There is a reason that PSUs are constructed as a solid, closed off unit and that reason is that it can seriosly fuck you up and possibly kill you if you mess with them.
were you looking for it inside the PSU? geez thats dangerous
Bro why the fuck did you open the PSU you’re lucky you’re not dead.
Lol zoomed in on the main board looking for an NVME, seeing AGP slot and standard PCI… uh yeah, not gonna be an NVME on that bad boy.
NEVER OPEN A PSU LIKE THAT!!!!!
Why on earth did you open the power supply?
dafeck did you do?