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   Paul to Brian Gregory   
   Re: Convert HDD to SSD   
   10 May 25 21:54:09   
   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 5/10/2025 4:27 PM, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   > On 06/05/2025 00:38, CtrlAltDel wrote:   
   >> Let me explain. I bought a Dell XPS about 12 years ago and it had a TB HDD   
   >> drive.  Since that time, I've added 2 more 1TB HDD's to the box.  So,   
   >> that's three perfectly fine HDD's that still work great that I don't want   
   >> to just trash.   
   >>   
   >> But, I do want to convert them to SDD's so that I can gain a little bit of   
   >> speed using common programs. In other words, I would prefer not to have to   
   >> purchase any new product, only convert what I currently have.   
   >   
   > You might be able to replace them with SSDs.   
   >   
   > You could probably also copy the contents of the HDDs on to the new SSDs   
   that you are going to put in instead.   
   >   
   > But convert them into SSDs? I'm finding it hard to imagine what you are   
   thinking of in this case.   
   >   
      
   You can make a RAID0 array of an arbitrary number of HDD   
   to make a higher sequential speed. But this is mostly for   
   making pretty benchmarks, and is not particularly practical.   
      
      Paul   
      
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