Using a 2nd HDD in Ultra Bay Slim

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jx3000 · #1 Post by **jx3000** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:28 am

At first I didn't think this was possible, since I am new to owning a laptop.
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... logId=-840

Having a hard drive mounted in such a way, is it actually slower than having it installed internally?

I would like to use it. Can I launch Windows or Linux from that 2nd drive or is it only for expanding storage?

matyst · #2 Post by **matyst** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:23 pm

It IS installed internally on the secondary IDE channel, so it's equally fast. You can boot from this drive by changing BIOS settings.

dr.b · #3 Post by **dr.b** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:10 pm

..and you can change drives on the fly, i´m alway carring 2 of them

jx3000 · #4 Post by **jx3000** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:18 pm

Thanks.

I can't wait that functionality will be cool

aleung · #5 Post by **aleung** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:50 pm

oh.. cool. I will get one. I got hitachi 80G for my T30. but soon to be T42. I can dual boot linux and windows easy.

Using a 2nd HDD in Ultra Bay Slim

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