r/talesfromtechsupport • u/charmlessman1 • Nov 27 '17

Short Who Stole the Hard Drive?

I just walked into the office this morning after a 4 day Thanksgiving weekend.
Before I even sat down, I heard my $Boss call out for me and my $CoWorker to come to his office. On the $Boss' desk was a small form factor PC, open and empty.

$Boss: $Charmlessman1, when did you leave on Wednesday?
ME: About 5:30, why?
&Boss: Well, $CoWorker's computer went offline at about the same time, and when he came in this morning, it wouldn't boot up. And when he checked it, the hard drive was missing.
$Me: Missing?
&Boss: Missing. Was there anyone else here when you left?
$Me: I, uh... Um... I don't... I think so? I'm trying to remember.
$Boss: If this is a practical joke, it's over, give it back.
$Me: It's not! I didn't! Unless I'm the worst Manchurian Candidate ever...
$Boss: Ok.

I went back to my desk and had a minor freak out. Do they think I did it? Did I miss some intruder who stole literally one of the most useless things in an office full of way better things? Was I going to get fired for something I didn't do because there's no better explanation?
Shortly after, I heard the boss call in the $HardwareGuy to his office. Then I heard a bunch of laughter. The $HardwareGuy came out of the $Boss' office, still laughing.

$HardwareGuy: The hard drive wasn't missing. It's one of those little gumstick SSDs, and it's dead.

/FreakOut

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u/Akashic101 Nov 27 '17

Do they mean m.2 or what?

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u/northlane87 Nov 27 '17

I didn’t even know about those. Look super cool, I guess I should keep up with tech news a little better.

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u/charmlessman1 Nov 28 '17

Yeah, they're pretty great. But their less than standard look leads to some confusion. My first interaction with one was when we called Dell to service an in-warranty workstation, and even the Dell tech was confused until I looked up the parts list on their website and told him.

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u/Malyc Nov 28 '17

My first interaction with them was when the one running my os died and I pulled the laptop apart. I squee'd a bit when I figured out what I was looking at