A Waste Oof Time A Waste of Time

The teaching equipment ofin my classroom is so old and roughtdated that it can't even play a DVD. The teaching equipment in my classroom is so old and outdated that it can't even play a DVD.

I tried to transfer the items in the DVD to a SSDcontents of the CD onto a storage drive (or maybe thumb/flash/USB drive?). I tried to transfer the contents of the CD onto a storage drive (or maybe thumb/flash/USB drive?).

Some tech terminology here: DVD (not technically but practically always) refers to a CD with a video on it, otherwise it's just a CD. SSD stands for Solid State Drive and is a particular type of storage drive (the other most common type being HDD Hard Disk Drive) that usually is an internal component of a computer. I would think it unlikely that you have a bare SSD lying around to transfer the contents of the CD/DVD onto, but maybe I'm wrong. Went with my best guess.

I searched online for information on how, but I failed. I searched online for information on how, but I failed.

We spendt almost an hour. We spent almost an hour.

It will tellknow whether I've succeeded or not tomorrow when I try it in the classroom. I will know whether I've succeeded or not tomorrow when I try it in the classroom.

In factTruthfully, I am pessimistic about it. Truthfully, I am pessimistic about it.

"In fact" needs to add new information to a previous statement/belief. For example, "We tried to transfer the data, but I'm not sure if it worked. In fact, I'm rather pessimistic about it." In the example you express your doubts before reinforcing your pessimism with "in fact."