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   From: steve@walker-family.me.uk   
      
   On 08/10/2024 21:16, Andy Burns wrote:   
   > pinnerite wrote:   
   >   
   >> I have a Gigabyte miniATX motherboard with 4 SATA HDD sockets.   
   >> I wondered if I could replace the hard drive with an M.2 SSD   
   >> provided I could find some kind of adapter.   
   > If you have a spare PCIe slot (not so likely on an ITX motherboard?) you   
   > can adapt it to M.2 NVMe   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > If you have no slot, you're limited to M.2 SATA which is not so fast,   
   > but will save you space if that's what you're looking to do?   
   >   
   >    
      
   You also need to check what the specific motherboard and its BIOS is   
   capable of. Some older ones cannot boot from a drive added to a PCIe   
   slot - although they will be able to see it once booted from a SATA   
   drive, so you can place the boot manager on a SATA drive, but have the   
   operating system load from the M2 drive.   
      
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