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Long term storage of Laptops

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  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 13,025 Forumite
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    I have two laptops that I intend to keep for years (Decades ?) Simply to allow me to use CD's/DVD's
    The reason is that they are worth virtually zero in terms of £'s but one is "as new" (despite it being almost 10 years old) - the other is a high spec 5 year old i5 with a 1Tb SSD and 12Gb RAM - Yet is only valued at £12
    Whilst I didn't expect £100's - I resent this tiny value
    So my question is what to do with the lithium batteries ?
    Should I remove them or leave them in place ?
    Both laptops will run without batteries
    but you do hear of old Lithium batteries starting fires !!

    Whats the life span of the optical discs you intend to play on them?

    As outtatune said an external drive would be less faff and I'd add backing up the contents of the discs so you still have it if the discs die
  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2024 at 11:42AM
    Andy_L said:
    I have two laptops that I intend to keep for years (Decades ?) Simply to allow me to use CD's/DVD's
    The reason is that they are worth virtually zero in terms of £'s but one is "as new" (despite it being almost 10 years old) - the other is a high spec 5 year old i5 with a 1Tb SSD and 12Gb RAM - Yet is only valued at £12
    Whilst I didn't expect £100's - I resent this tiny value
    So my question is what to do with the lithium batteries ?
    Should I remove them or leave them in place ?
    Both laptops will run without batteries
    but you do hear of old Lithium batteries starting fires !!

    Whats the life span of the optical discs you intend to play on them?

    As outtatune said an external drive would be less faff and I'd add backing up the contents of the discs so you still have it if the discs die
    But since I already have the laptop 
    It makes sense to use them
    I have some data CD's from pre 95 that are still ok
    They used real Gold for CDR's in the early days rather than cyanine 

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,231 Forumite
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    Have you tried CEX?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Sarahspangles
    Sarahspangles Posts: 3,239 Forumite
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    But since I already have the laptop 
    It makes sense to use them
    I have some data CD's from pre 95 that are still ok
    They used real Gold for CDR's in the early days rather than cyanine 
    Have you already replaced the laptop(s)?
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  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    GDB2222 said:
    Have you tried CEX?

    Yes - the Asus X75VC - 17.3 inch does not appear on CEX list of laptops bought !

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
  • CouldntResist
    CouldntResist Posts: 97 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2024 at 6:45PM
    A 1Tb SSD costs very little so assuming you don't intend on increasing your collection why bother with using the physical disks at all; just image them using your current laptop, store them and mount them (the images) on a non-ancient PC when you need to?
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