nadir_s

will I have any performance issues putting my laptop harddrive and CF->IDE adapter (with CF) on the same IDE channel?

basically, I need three things, just not sure on the IDE combination:

1. CF->IDE adapter w/ CF
2. notebook harddrive
3. slimline CD/DVD drive


the notebook drive will be used for media storage and maps. I plan on using the CF card w/ XPe and EWF ... and cd/dvd for whatever.

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Gobby

Can't see any problems there, although it may be better with:

1st IDE Primary - CF-IDE
1st IDE Secondary - Slimline Cd/DVD

2nd IDE Primary - Notebook Hdd

JeremyM

Have you booted with a CF card yet? I have a 1gb microdrive and it's slower than slow to boot (not with the bios POST, I'm talking just windows 2k) and I have 512MB ram on an Epia 800.

I'd use the notebook HD for whatever you can and put the cf-ide adapter so you can get at it from the outside and use the CF card to transfer files.

nadir_s

thanks guys, i'll try those combos.


yeah, I have booted with CF and it's pretty quick .. just under 15 seconds with winlogon. I plan to change to minlogon and have my own GUI boot so I'll probably shave another 5-7 seconds and if I go with ReadyON or HORM , should be much more quicker.

i'll let you guys know how it turns out. BTW i am using XPe.

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SFiorito

good cf cards (like the newer SanDisk's) are much faster than microdrives

JeremyM

Yes, that may be true. But, a Microdrive won't die as fast as a good CF card.

SFiorito

that's why you use EWF on a CF card... i was actually surprised at the difference between microdrives and even average consumer level CF cards...

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...?cid=6007-6133

nadir_s

wow

i am using:

SanDisk "standard" 512MB SanDisk I 2004/4/6 2.099MB/sec


maybe i should upgrade haha

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SFiorito

get an ExtremeI or UltraII. get an ExtremeIII if you don't plan on using standby or hibernate.

donde

Why an Extreme III only if not using standby or hibernate? The CF card is not really faster to boot, correct? They are mostly just for vibration/shock resistance?