Over the years, I've collected several laptop HDDs, particularly now that we've converted all our household's computers to the much faster SSDs.
However, I don't really want to get rid of these old drives, especially if I can find a use for them.
If I could somehow combine these HDDs (they vary in size from 250GB to 1TB) into one large drive, then I could use them
for external data storage, via USB connectivity.
Could someone either explain to me how I can do this, or at least point me in the right direction?
Many thanks - much appreciated.
Mike
However, I don't really want to get rid of these old drives, especially if I can find a use for them.
If I could somehow combine these HDDs (they vary in size from 250GB to 1TB) into one large drive, then I could use them
for external data storage, via USB connectivity.
Could someone either explain to me how I can do this, or at least point me in the right direction?
Many thanks - much appreciated.
Mike
64bit OS (32-bit on Samsung[i] netbook) installed in [i]Legacy mode on MBR-formatted SSDs (except pi which uses a micro SDHC card):
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work
2017 - Raspberry pi 3B (4cores) ~ [email protected] - LibreElec, used for upgrading our Samsung TV (excellent for the task)
2012 - Lenovo G580 2689 (2cores; 4threads] ~ [email protected] - LL3.8/Win8.1 dual-boot (LL working smoothly)
2011 - Samsung NP-N145 Plus (1core; 2threads) ~ Intel Atom [email protected] - LL 3.8 32-bit (64-bit too 'laggy')
2008 - Asus X71Q (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6/Win8.1 dual-boot, LL works fine with kernel 4.15
2007 - Dell Latitude D630 (2cores) ~ Intel [email protected] - LL4.6, works well with kernel 4.4; 4.15 doesn't work