> > > > There are also USB "adaptors" for IDE drives. They are like > > a case inside of which you put and connect your IDE drive > > (a CD burner, any HD...) and it plugs to the PC thru USB > > ports. It's a little big, especially if you need to carry it around, > > but it's unbeatable in many aspects... hot swapping 120GB IDE > > drives is very useful sometimes.. > > That sounds interesting. I presume it's not particularly fast? But > probably reliability would outweight that. I used to have 'cradles' which > would allow interchangeable drives (though not hot-swap), but found that I > frequently had unexplained problems when trying to boot to a newly swapped > one, so I do not recommend them at all. > > Anne
It is somewhat slow, especially when it works in USB 1.4 compatibility mode (can work as both 1.4 and 2.0) but, now that you mention it, i forgot about the 'bootable' requirement we are also looking for.. Is it possible to boot an OS from USB? doesn't sound like it... Damian
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