Tom Did you remove the old drive and try the SSD using the installer?
On 27 April 2022 11:06:20 am UTC, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: >I am trying to replace the original hard drive on an old Toshiba laptop >with a 1 TB SSD from Crucial. (I had recently successfully done that in an >old Dell Latitude and had no problems.) > >I first did a clean install of Debian 11 on the old drive to ensure the >laptop works okay. Then I installed the new SSD and it can't find the >drive. From what I can find at Crucial, I need to install their Storage >Executive program on a Windows host, hook up the SSD to a USB/SATA >connector on that host, and configure or install the firmware onto the SSD. > >I was foolish not to have researched their SSD use on a Linux host, but I >got lulled into their "upgrade your computer" site that told me the exact >models that were hardware-compatible. > >Of course I may have fried the SSD, but I am fairly confident that the >device is operable. > >Suggestions are greatly appreciated. > >Best regards, > >-Tom
