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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.   
      
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