# Thoughts on Pioneer Hard-Drive Support

**URL:** <https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/thoughts-on-pioneer-hard-drive-support/2647>\
**Category:** Hardware Owners Support\
**Created:** [June 25, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/thoughts-on-pioneer-hard-drive-support/2647 "2023-06-25T12:43:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Avron](https://discuss.freedombox.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Avron](https://discuss.freedombox.org/u/Avron)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/thoughts-on-pioneer-hard-drive-support/2647/5 "2023-07-10T11:07:59Z")

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> [@tajmone](#):
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> this solution extends the main logical disk to include the hard-drive, as if they were a single disk

In this solution, only the bootloader and the /boot partition remain on the SD card, the root partition is entirely moved to the SSD (or HDD).

> [@tajmone](#):
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> it’s unclear to me whether the SSD data can be recovered in case of fresh reinstallation, and how technically complex this operation would be.

The way to do that is to do remote backups on your system, then install a fresh system and restore the remove backups. I somehow described this in [this message](https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/cannot-add-remote-backup-for-restore/2451/2). That procedure does not depend on the type of storage.

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