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From: humphry on 27 Aug 2006 13:45 if you are good in soldering etc... some people have been able to do this having the 2 drives installed and have only a switch to select wich one is working :-) The only thing you must be careful is not to throw the switch while the computer is powered up! lol. So actually no trays are needed.. how primitive ;-) Google for it... I have seen this around... "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote in message news:44f1d604$0$97232$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... > Bill Turner wrote: >> ORIGINAL MESSAGE: >> >> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:19:41 GMT, Al Smith <invalid(a)address.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Interesting idea. It would be like having two separate computers. Do you >>> use a fixed hard drive for data storage that is shared between both OSs? >> >> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------ >> >> Yes, exactly. I have a 160 GB HD as my second HD which is permanently >> mounted as the "D" drive, and a swappable tray which is my "C" drive. >> > > This really does sound like a great idea. > > -- > Daze -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: Bill Turner on 27 Aug 2006 13:46 ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:27:33 -0700, "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote: >> Yes, exactly. I have a 160 GB HD as my second HD which is permanently >> mounted as the "D" drive, and a swappable tray which is my "C" drive. >> > >This really does sound like a great idea. ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------ To expound a bit further, all my "My Documents" type data is on the D drive, accessible to any of the swappable C drives. The only thing on the swappable C drives is the OS and the program files which work only with that particular OS. Everything else is on D. I also use Karen's Replicator to back up my D drive to an external USB hard drive from time to time, and an imaging program (Acronis) to image the C drives to the D drive. This method is all but foolproof. To lose data you would have to have a simultaneous failure of two drives - not impossible but highly unlikely. -- Mr Bill
From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 14:07 Bill Turner wrote: > ORIGINAL MESSAGE: > > On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:27:33 -0700, "Daze N. Knights" > <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote: > >>> Yes, exactly. I have a 160 GB HD as my second HD which is permanently >>> mounted as the "D" drive, and a swappable tray which is my "C" drive. >>> >> This really does sound like a great idea. > > ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------ > > To expound a bit further, all my "My Documents" type data is on the D > drive, accessible to any of the swappable C drives. The only thing on > the swappable C drives is the OS and the program files which work only > with that particular OS. Everything else is on D. > > I also use Karen's Replicator to back up my D drive to an external USB > hard drive from time to time, and an imaging program (Acronis) to > image the C drives to the D drive. This method is all but foolproof. > To lose data you would have to have a simultaneous failure of two > drives - not impossible but highly unlikely. > Thanks for expounding, Bill. Sounds like you've got a well thought-out arrangement there. -- Daze
From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 14:09 Bill Turner wrote: > ORIGINAL MESSAGE: > > On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:26:48 -0700, "Daze N. Knights" > <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote: > >> Both have fans, which I'm sure is good; but I wonder if fan noise is >> ever an issue with these removable HD bays? > > ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------ > > I can't hear the fan in my Genica, either the original or the > replacement. > > In fairness, I should point out the original fan started to make some > noise after about six months and I replaced it with a ball bearing > version. That one has been in there for going on two years with no > problems. It is a standard size fan, easily replaced. > > Perhaps the other brand you mentioned has a better fan. Anyone have > any experience with it? > Thanks for mentioning this, Bill. It could be that the fan is a regular issue with the Genicas. But OTOH, it's hard to say if the Kingwin might be any better. I'd like to find some more opinions and/or reviews. -- Daze
From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 14:11
humphry wrote: > if you are good in soldering etc... some people have been able to do this > having the 2 drives installed and have only a switch to select wich one is > working :-) The only thing you must be careful is not to throw the switch > while the > computer is powered up! lol. So actually no trays are needed.. how primitive > ;-) > > Google for it... I have seen this around... > > > > "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote in message > news:44f1d604$0$97232$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >> Bill Turner wrote: >>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE: >>> >>> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:19:41 GMT, Al Smith <invalid(a)address.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting idea. It would be like having two separate computers. Do you >>>> use a fixed hard drive for data storage that is shared between both OSs? >>> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------ >>> >>> Yes, exactly. I have a 160 GB HD as my second HD which is permanently >>> mounted as the "D" drive, and a swappable tray which is my "C" drive. >>> >> This really does sound like a great idea. >> >> -- >> Daze > > > Haven't had a soldering iron in my hands for around forty years ;-) -- Daze |