minus-squareApita2000@alien.topcakeOPBtoTech Support•If I transfer files between two external hard drives using a computer, are the files copied to the computer first? Or do the files just do directly from hard drive to hard drive?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBecause I heard SSDs have a finite read/write cycle so I preferably don’t want to copy a bunch of files to my computer’s SSD just to have it go to another hard drive. linkfedilink
Apita2000@alien.topcakeB to Tech SupportEnglish · 1 year agoIf I transfer files between two external hard drives using a computer, are the files copied to the computer first? Or do the files just do directly from hard drive to hard drive?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIf I transfer files between two external hard drives using a computer, are the files copied to the computer first? Or do the files just do directly from hard drive to hard drive?plus-squareApita2000@alien.topcakeB to Tech SupportEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
Because I heard SSDs have a finite read/write cycle so I preferably don’t want to copy a bunch of files to my computer’s SSD just to have it go to another hard drive.