Thread 106337794

Ok /g/ help me make a choice. But first before you help me make a choice, I need to tell you what is going on
>go to estate sale of an old boomer that died
>see this old computer
>they tell me that it's hard to let go because it was (obviously) the grandma's computer
>they don't even know if it works
>buy it anyway as I amuse the other customers who are reminded how heavy these things are
>go home and attempt to run it. It has issues, but I fix them and get it running
>windows 95 welcomes me
>look through the PC due to complete curiosity
>there are various files consisting of people at a prom in the 90s, family BBQ gathering fliers from 2005, 2006, 2007. Bible verses, a file consisting of "symptoms of a stroke" and images of random pets
>more random personal crap. No sensitive documents, just more and more personal crap. Looks like the woman was most active in 2006, 2007.

Here is where I need help. Do I keep it as a time capsule in honor of the old lady? Will it be haunted? Or do I start a fresh start. Chatgpt said it's hard to make a decision because while it is a time capsule, it will be depressing to utilize it.

Pic related. I found it and the toys r us majora's mask preview VHS as well.

I need data types in a clean list if you want accurate estimates for resurrection dates

>>106337794 (OP)
Check if it's bugged. There's like a LOT of room fore wiretaps in old refrigerator sized computers like this.

>>106337794 (OP)
Can't you retrieve their personal files in a thumb drive and give it to their relatives? It's their life, not yours. Also check for active emails accounts etc.

>Do I keep it as a time capsule in honor of the old lady?
It is the honorable thing to do. Send this to the family.
>Will it be haunted?
...No.
>Or do I start a fresh start.
After you do tell the family. You could be making someone very happy. Some of these might have been lost a long time ago. And be honest with them, and don't forget to erase the data after they give you the ok to do so and you've deliver the data to them, if they chose that ofc.

>>106337859
The only thing going on inside is a ton of dust...and it clicks and clacks like a fucking factory. Any way I can reduce that nonsense?

Anons I forgot to mention, I asked them if they wanted any of the data if I could get it going again and they said they won't have time to meet after today and don't want it back. They live a few states away and only visited to sell her stuff. I drove pretty far so it would be hell to go back today. The more I think about it though the more I think I'm just going to nuke all of it. It creeps me the hell out, honestly.

>it doesn't even have any fun games on it

man, this is going to be us one day, isn't it?

>>106337908
If they already said that they don't want the data back, then just nuke it and do a fresh install. Just look up all the drivers first, or see if you can somehow get the driver files from the HDD before you nuke it.
>clicks and clacks like a fucking factory
SOVL. I kinda miss this from older computers.
Anyway, see where the noise is coming from. Could be a bad bearing on one of the fans.

>>106337908
Outside of a coordinated effort to achieve biological immortality, of course this will happen.

>>106337961
you know what's funny too is when I opened it up for the first time, It beeped like it was attempting to connect to the internet. (That phone beeping sound) I wonder when was the last time it was used. The oldest file was from 2009. Man, imagine if I could use dial up for it kek.

Old HDD.

unfortunately whoever chose the screensaver selected one that didn't do the job. As you see, there is some rough burn in. The screensaver has a black screen but it shows a bunch of coral and ocean crap that is still with a fish floating around

>>106337794 (OP)
>Chatgpt said
fucking zoomer

>>106337794 (OP)
Check the IE browser history.
>>106337872
>Can't you retrieve their personal files in a thumb drive and give it to their relatives? It's their life, not yours.
If they cared about the files, they wouldn't have sold the computer.

get an IDE to USB adapter and then
dd if=/dev/ of=grandma.raw status=progress

Then you can do whatever you want with the PC. Problem solved.

>>106337794 (OP)
>Looks like the woman was most active in 2006, 2007
An avid user of 4chan for sure. Did you find any epic oldfag maymays?

Imagine getting isekai'd and not having anyone to secure erase your drives, and a Zoomer/Alphag ends up buying your rig.
>>106341315
>If they cared about the files, they wouldn't have sold the computer
The majority of people are tech-illiterate retards, anon. They probably didn't even think to do that. Even if they did, they probably didn't know how.

Who knows, maybe granny will reward you with epic gets from beyond the gate.

>>106337794 (OP)
>buy a broken old computer I don't even want
>other people at the estate sale laugh at me as I struggle to carry it out
>the broken old computer is broken so I fix it
>look through images
>images consisting of family photos of people I don't fucking know
>ask 4chan If I should keep family photos of people I don't fucking know to honor a dead old lady I don't fucking know

>>106342216
>Imagine getting isekai'd and not having anyone to secure erase your drives, and a Zoomer/Alphag ends up buying your rig.

tell me how you image what would happen

>>106338022
Dude, that's like a 10GB disk, the fuck are you gonna use it for?
If anything makes 'clanking noises' look no further for your culprit. idk what else you can boot that mainboard off tho, sdcard-IDE adapter would probably be faster and def. quieter.

>>106337794 (OP)
Okay here is what you do.

>Back up everything in there. Everything. It's old, so even a 10 dollar dlash drive with 100 gig should hold it.
>Give the family you bought it from the USB, tell them what you found.
>THEN, After ensuring it's backed up a second place, like another drive in case they ask for another copy, THEN wipe and use the PC

I think this is best.

>>106337794 (OP)
>CRT tranny
I will not help you

>>106342689
Not OP but what issue do you have with CRT monitors? When I grew up those were the default, and I still love them for nostalgia reasons.

>>106342375
In my case, nothing since my drives are encrypted. Nothing to hide, I've just gotten used to it from following the Arch wiki.

The drive I use for my Windows installation isn't encrypted, but it doesn't matter since the only thing I have on any of my drives are maymays, animu, and vidya that runs on my /g/-certified toaster. I should really get around to implementing a media drive.

For other anons, I imagine some glownigger agency visiting their next of kin to ask some questions.
>>106342700
There's the occasional CRT thread here and there, but the OP is usually some deranged faggot. Every single thread devolves into a shitflinging contest between said faggot (and friends) and the faggot chasers in the thread--par for the course for the majority of /g/ threads. More over, interest in CRTs has become associated with Zoomers. Oldfags have Zoomer Derangement Syndrome, so they just can't help but interject with their oldfag wisdom.

You're better off checking out the CRT general on /vr/, /g/ is kill.

I got a 2010 netbook a while back, didn't have much on it, most valuable data was normie iTunes songs and old .ipas
I'm not into privacy invasion but it was kinda nice to find a PC from the final days of PCs being mainstream, when you pick up a used PC from today in 10 years if it'll even power on to begin with you'll open the Windows 11 calculator and it'll read "calculator needs an update to continue, check your internet connection"
Truly depressing times we live in.
Anyways I made an image of the HDD i store it away on my NAS in case I'd ever need it for whatever reason, installed Linux on the netbook.
You should do the same, backup drive,since it's a desktop and easy to replace just swap the drive for actual use and keep the old one on a shelf.

>>106337794 (OP)
I'd say retrieve the files and offer them to them. If they don't want them then you should probably delete them. If you're really unsure you can keep a backup somewhere.

>>106337794 (OP)
Put the pics and verses and shit into some usb or google drive and give it (or the link) to the family saying you found some stuff they might want. Then format the thing for your use. USB you have to buy it and give it to them, but the link will keep wasting your cloud storage quota until you delete it, and they won't have downloaded it and get angry at you.

>>106337794 (OP)
First of all, very excellent choice in keyboard and mouse, Anon. Dell KB216 and MS116 are one of the finest peripherals that there are.
What are your optiplex's specs? Furthermore, what monitor?

Now, regarding the departed dear lady's stuff (God bless her soul), I think you should keep a copy as a homage to her. One more thing I'd like to ask, do you think her kin have these files? Shouldn't you ask them if they'd like a copy of them?

>>106337794 (OP)
>Will it be haunted?
Do /g/ neckbeards still believe and fall for this?

>>106338022
How do they measure customer satisfaction?

>>106344362
Satisfactometer

>>106341315
>If they cared about the files, they wouldn't have sold the computer.
This is tearing me up. Such poignant disregard, such indifference.. but why?

>>106342364
You do not belong here.

>>106342607
The nicest post.

>>106337794 (OP)
jesus christ you got took paying $75 for that shitbox tower

>>106337794 (OP)
Copy the data and store it in a good harddrive. Then you can copy those and send them to the family. If not, you can at least keep them.
Remember, those photos meant a lot to someone before, it would be a shame to throw those photos into the abyss.

>>106342607
>>106344028
>>106344228
>>106344277
read >>106337908. OP said the family doesn't want the data

>>106344824
This.

>>106342216
>Imagine getting isekai'd and not having anyone to secure erase your drives, and a Zoomer/Alphag ends up buying your rig.
>secure erase
Who needs that when you have full disk encryption.

>>106344824
>it would be a shame to throw those photos into the abyss
I understand it would feel nice to keep them, but I must ask from a rational point of view: why?
Why not just delete everything?
OP said family doesn't care and he certainly doesn't care either about some random stuff of an old lady he didn't even met.
What value is there in keeping her bytes?

>case on the floor
bye

>>106344925
It's a bit like asking why we dig graves even for people who have no known relatives. Yes, there's no value from a strictly material point of view.

>>106344925
Only white people would understand. It's about storing for future use, no matter what.
I don't even care if I found some disgusting porn or deviantart slop in some guy's old computer, I would just keep it for the simple fact that it must be preserved.

>>106344944
Pedantic niggas be like..

>>106344950
>It's a bit like asking why we dig graves
Digging a grave is most often the easiest and most cost effective way to dispose of a corpse without creating health hazards.

>>106344958
>I would just keep it for the simple fact that it must be preserved
You just repeated that it must be done without giving a real reason why. What "future use" will images of random pets of some deceased lady have?

>>106345010
>Digging a grave is most often the easiest and most cost effective way to dispose of a corpse without creating health hazards.
Are you autistic? We don't usually just dump the corpse into a hole and call it a day.

>>106337794 (OP)
nice beige box

>>106337908
>and it clicks and clacks like a fucking factory. Any way I can reduce that nonsense?
Replace the old harddrive, IDE to CF or SD adapters are cheap.
If you feel like it, make a disk image of the old drive and copy it to the replacement.
Not sure why you would though.

>>106344391
My dick belongs in your mouth

>>106348326
faggot

>>106341991
>grandma.raw

>>106337794 (OP)
>Here is where I need help. Do I keep it as a time capsule in honor of the old lady?
Bro back it up into media and give the contents to her family

>>106342390
>Dude, that's like a 10GB disk, the fuck are you gonna use it for?

Perfect for tails.

>>106344958
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding_disorder

>>106344925
It's not about the family. It's not about the old lady. It's about (You). Are you a person who can show kindness to a stranger without any possibility of thanks? How far will you go to honor someone you didn't know, who had little impact on the world, and has been quickly swallowed up by the abyss of time? All it takes is posting the data on reddit or whatever and saying "Hey old lady, you're gone now, time marches forward and life goes on, but we didn't throw you out like trash."

Are humans creatures which throw each other out like trash? Or can we take a minute to celebrate each other's lives?

>>106350931
at sub 10GB (prob. sub 5GB..)
sure, why not?
anyone with more than two external drives, or any loose internal 3.5 drives whatsoever, fugdat. Hoarder.

>>106350931
>All it takes is posting the data on reddit

Good idea! This will bring lots of karma and new training material for AI! Win-Win for everybody!

>>106337794 (OP)
just make a disc image

>>106337794 (OP)
Ask ChatGPT to make porn of the grandma.