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|    Dan Purgert to CtrlAltDel    |
|    Re: Convert HDD to SSD    |
|    06 May 25 10:51:30    |
      From: dan@djph.net              On 2025-05-05, CtrlAltDel wrote:       > On Mon, 5 May 2025 13:06:16 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:       >       >> On 2025-05-05 12:21, CtrlAltDel wrote:       >>> Hello everyone. I have several old spinner hard drives that I no longer       >>> use and would like to know if there are any apps I can use to convert       >>> them to SSD's?       >>>       >>> Turning them into regular SSD's would be great, but I would prefer them       >>> to become NVMe solid state drives, if possible.       >>       >> What do you mean, convert? You have to replace them. Do it one at a       >> time, create the partitions you wish, format, and copy the files with       >> rsync.       >>       >> nothing to it.       >       > I was wanting to convert the HDD's to actual SDD's, if possible. I hate       > to be wasteful and don't want to just throw the HDD's away. So, I       > need to actually change the HDD's and made them into SDD's so they       > will be faster and more reliable.              It's as possible as "converting" a Boeing 777 to a daily driver you keep       in your house's attached garage.              --       |_|O|_|       |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert       |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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