Develop A Quiet Laptop Storage Device
When I bought a used notebook computer off an online auction site, it didn't include a hard drive. In my search for a laptop HD, I found tips to get a harddisk from the compact flash memory card.
I bought a bootable CF to 2" IDE Adapter. The following adapter enables you to work with a compact flash card as your main harddrive.
The adapter connects with the 44-pin connector in most notebooks. I've found that some laptop computer connectors use a pin hole in the middle blocked, getting the adapter not match. I imagine you could snip over pin or bend it backside on the adapter and it should match, but I've not tried out it myself.
You possibly can boot on every operating system from a CF cards utilizing this adapter. I might suggest using Windows 98 as the os. Windows XP creates many read/write cycles that will limit the life period of the memory. Windows XP usually requires at least 3 GB to set up. Windows 98 just
requires at least 256 MB to set up.
It will be possible apply Windows XP as the operating system. I'd upgrading with a microdrive. But beware, installing Windows XP regular way, it'll get stuck in a endless loop. There's tip so you can get it to install in the right way, but I've not have worked it yet. I think it would require files transferred on a typical laptop hard drive.
The top advantage to using a CF card to be a harddrive often if the laptop becomes dropped, the memory card is more likely to survive the drop than a regular hard disk.
The brand new mini laptops have a the same installation which is termed a Solid State Drive (SSD).
I use this adapter and also a 2 GB card for my notebook. It functions well using Windows 98 and also I've added a Wi-Fi card to have Internet connection.
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