How to: Move A PC Without Powering Down

Posted By: Larry Larsen | Jan 28th @ 10:00 PM

We all joke about it, the guy with all the passwords in his head gets hit by a bus. So how do you move his computer from one location to another without shutting it down? Well, because you might need to know some day, this is how you do it. You use a product called a HotPlug, which is made by Wiebetech. Built for forensic technicians to physically circumvent Vista's Whole Disk Encryption (Windows+L locks machines people, use it), a HotPlug can also help in other situations, like moving a Frogger machine without unplugging it and losing the high score.

The first step is a dongle called Mouse Jiggler. This keeps a constant mouse movement going so the computer doesn't sleep, screen save, or lock on its own. The next step is plugging the HotPlug into a UPS and routing around the computers power supply (not for the faint of heart). Then you reverse the process when you get to the new location, hopefully before the UPS runs out.