If you are just checking one or two devices, charger is the way to go. Now if you need to check like a dozen for some reason, pulling the drives might be easier.
Depends how bad a state the rest of the machine is in, I’ve tried booting some really knackered machines and the time I spent waiting would probably have been enough to remove the drive!
Really? Pull a drive instead of plugging in the charger?
The techies on lemmy forget that regular people exist.
techie here. He’s something other.
Something which may have outlasted previous technologies… I… I wouldn’t ask for elaboration and nod.
nodsandleaves
If you are just checking one or two devices, charger is the way to go. Now if you need to check like a dozen for some reason, pulling the drives might be easier.
Depends how bad a state the rest of the machine is in, I’ve tried booting some really knackered machines and the time I spent waiting would probably have been enough to remove the drive!