I was recently asked to help a friend’s daughter resurrect a PC. I do not normally work with Windows Operating Systems and in setting up a newer PC for her, went on a steep learning curve. I removed the hard drive with all her data from the older PC and installed it in the replacement box. It didn’t want to play for me.
Apple computers (Macs) are only built by one manufacturer, Apple. If I rehouse an Apple Hard Drive in another Mac it will run with no problems.
There are probably thousands of builders of PCs and each machine has specific drivers for the mouse, keyboard, graphics and sound etc. This newer PC is a Hewlett Packard and to get the drivers, one has to be online and download them for that specific model of HP.
It took about an hour to get it all running and at my age, I have resolved not to venture into PC land again. I have a PC in my workshop setup specifically to download video from a camera and I must find a driver for the sound card to have it all running properly.
Most PC users will not come across this problem as they won’t be swapping Hard Drives from machine to machine.
Recent rains and warm weather have brought on a plague of Portuguese Millipedes at my daughter’s house. Whilst they were away on a trip I sprayed around the base of outer walls with a residual product which terminated thousands of them overnight. Portuguese Millipedes are not true millipedes and they are an introduced pest first found in South Australia and since spread across the South of Australia. Another case of illegal immigrants.
See here...Portuguese Millipedes
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