Subj : bad news for hdd? To : Jas Hud From : August Abolins Date : Fri Jan 06 2023 08:37:00 >>>> The SSD arrived yesterday. Now, I need to wait for the SATA/ >>>> USB cable. >> >> JH> whats that for? isnt that drive going inside the laptop? >> >> The initial clone of the HDD. >> -- JH> copy files to a usb drive and reinstalling windows would be quicker. I seriously doubt that. First of all, the amount of data I need to move is over 200MB. What USB stick could support that on a PC with USB2 ports? Second, after reinstalling Windows from scratch, it would require re-installing all my programs one by one. -- ../|ug --- OpenXP 5.0.51 * Origin: (} Pointy McPointface (618:250/1.9) .