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   On 13/05/2025 07.30, CtrlAltDel wrote:   
   > On Mon, 12 May 2025 22:38:32 -0500, John Hasler wrote:   
   >   
   >> CtrlAltDel writes:   
   >>> Why in the world wouldn't I want to take what I have and upgrade them   
   >>> into more powerful and useful drives?  I know how to solder and if I   
   >>> need to buy a few parts, as long as they are very inexpensive, I can do   
   >>> that.   
   >>   
   >> You[1] *could* open up an  HDD, throw away the guts, and install a   
   >> circuit board with all the ICs that comprise an SDD.  It would be a lot   
   >> of work and the cost of the parts would exceed the cost of an SSD.   
   >>   
   >> [1]  I could, but I wouldn't.  I rather doubt that you have the   
   >> necessary skills.   
   >   
   > This is almost what I want to do, with the exception of throwing away the   
   > guts of the perfectly functioning HDD.  Finally, someone is listening to   
   > what I am actually saying.   
   >   
   > Since you have the skill level necessary to do this, maybe you could tell   
   > me how to do it.  How smart does one have to be to do it?   
      
   It's not about being smart, it's in a way being the opposite.   
      
   You would need to remove the controller board that is on the HDD, this   
   may require a special screwdriver as some HDD manufacturers uses quite   
   special screws, then you need to use a milling machine to make a bit of   
   a space where you can place the SSD into, you need to be quite exact so   
   that the SSD's SATA-connector has the same position as the removed   
   HDD-controller board. Then you will need to glue the SSD to the metal.   
      
   If you really want to reuse the HDD, then build a NAS (just a computer   
   with a lot of harddrives), then have has storage that you can use to   
   store files.   
      
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