And new motherboards now offer external SATA connections to do just that. Also note, most new motherboards also boot to UBS devices. I also like the Like CDs and newer versions now allow you to persist your data do an external USB key. I already have a 1GB one and I've seen 2GB available as well.
But my personal favorite is VMWare and Virtual PC. Can't go wrong with instant snapshots (where you can take a before shot of the entire system, screw something up, and then restore back to that snapshot with a click). /David. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy Anthacite Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Removable Hard Disk Drives. I have a slightly different, slightly cheaper solution. Take the side off the computer, put an empty CD plastic case on the floor, put the preferred hard drive on the CD case, snake the hard drive cable and power plug out the side of the box, plug in the preferred hard drive, boot. :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Benjamin Irwin Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hardhats-members] Removable Hard Disk Drives. I just installed a removable hard drive system in my desktop computer and wanted to share the information with the group. For $25.00 X 2 for the removable hardware and $60.00 for a 40 gig hard drive, I was able to easily convert my big Windows XP computer to a computer that I could plug in the Windows XP hard drive and boot in Windows XP, and plug in the Linux hard drive and boot to Linux, GTM, VISTA. I purchased two removable hardware boxes, and an additional hard drive. I put the current hard drive in one of the removable boxes. That way I didn't have to re-install any software. I put the new hard drive in the second removable box and installed Linux (sorry to say Mandrake 10.0), GTM, and World Vista's latest release. Now I do have to switch hard drives depending on what I want to do, but it is almost like having two different computers. Now if I want to upgrade, I can purchase an additional hard drive and removable box and upgrade, without risking my current system. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
