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|    Chris Elvidge to CtrlAltDel    |
|    Re: Convert HDD to SSD    |
|    14 May 25 11:08:07    |
      From: chris@internal.net              On 14/05/2025 at 09:51, 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.       >       > 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.       >       > 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.       > 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.       >              Thing is, if you take the innards out of an HDD, they (the innards)       become unusable. So saving the planet by reusing the HDD case is       actually a non-starter.                     --       Chris Elvidge, England       I WILL NOT BARF UNLESS I'M SICK              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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