From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-05-14, CtrlAltDel wrote:   
   > Thanks for the responses, everyone, both genuine and sarcastic. I'm   
   > beginning to get the idea that what I wish to do can't be done, although   
   > I'm still not sure why.   
      
   For the same reason that you cannot "convert" a Betamax player into a   
   BluRay player, or a 486 desktop into a laptop, etc.   
      
   You can certinly *REPLACE* one thing with the other, of course.   
      
   >   
   > The thing is, I hate to waste anything. Just think of all the metal and   
   > parts and cards and plastic, etc... that will be useless and can't be   
   > recycled or anything if I can no longer use the 3 HDD drives I currently   
   > have.   
      
   Nobody said you can't still use them.  You'll just need another   
   available SATA port for the new SSD you want to add, or you'll need to   
   pull out one or more of the old HDDs to make room.   
      
   If you have to remove an HDD, then just get an external USB enclosure if   
   you want to keep using it.   
      
   >   
   > There is only a finite amount of materials on Planet Earth and we all   
   > need to do our part to conserve in order to make the world a better   
   > place.   
      
   While laudable, that's not how hard drives work.   
      
   > That's how I feel about it, but I'm American and we all think like that,   
   > whereas many others around the world probably don't.   
      
   No, the majority of Americans don't have delusions that hermetically   
   sealed devices have "replaceable parts" inside.   
      
      
      
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