From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-05-13, 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.   
      
   As soon as you crack the hermetic seal on a HDD, it will no longer work.   
   Oh sure, it might spin up, but the heads will almost immediately crash   
   thanks to dust in the air.  So, you would take a working drive, and make   
   it non-working.   
      
   Basically you're trying to ask how to "convert" your still-working VHS   
   tape player into a DVD player.  You can't.  You have to buy a DVD player   
   and plug it into your TV (oh sure, you can still KEEP the VHS player,   
   and maybe plug it into a secondary TV input or something).   
      
   Same deal with HDD ("VHS Player") to SSD ("DVD Player") for your   
   computer ("the TV").  You buy a brand new SSD, and plug it into your   
   computer in place of the HDD.  Now, maybe you're lucky and the PC has an   
   extra open SATA port and power connector, so you can have both in there   
   at the same time.  Otherwise you can get USB adapters and just leave the   
   old HDD out on your desk.   
      
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