Hardware switch for bootable drives

[lucas1985]

Article (http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=3393&articID=814)
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Features

- Separate two bootable drives isolating HDD from each other prevents virus infection from one HDD to another.
- Easy installation and straight forward operation.
- Three modes operation with LEDs indication – boot from A, boot from B, user selectable boot A+B.
- The A+B mode allows two HDD to be power on making file sharing possible between two HDD.
- MCU controlled preventing a user to accidentally shut down the hard drive in use while the system is power on.
- To select another bootable HDD, the system needs to be powered off for the change to take effect.
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199711

I think it may be useful for some folks around here :)

[innerpeace]

Nice find Lucas,

It looks like it could also be useful to keep a data drive offline while your online :). Once my piggy bank starts to rattle again, I may have to get one.

[EASTER]

Interesting and useful no less.

Thanks lucas for the really nice screenshot. Like innerpeace, when my jingles start to ring again this is something i have to look into. It gets just a bit tedious pulling & changing cable plugs all the time like i do now.

ErikAlbert ask me awhile back how i done so much jockeying with INTERNAL hard drives and gave him the only answer i could, i keep my PC unit's side panel off. 8)

[Franklin]

{QUOTE-> i keep my PC unit's side panel off. 8) <-QUOTE}
LOL. Exactly what I do and the case sits up at desktop level to the right so it's easy to plug/unplug ide/sata drives of which I have a dozen or so with Windows/Linux systems.;D

Of course I have to mark each drives operating system with a black texta or else I wouldn't know where I was! :wacko:

[ThunderZ]

Very nice find. Makes typical dual-booting or other multiple hdd set-ups, dare I say, obsolete. Have a minor rebuild\upgrade coming for my tower. I can see one of these being thrown into the mix. :thumb:

[EASTER]

{QUOTE-> LOL. Exactly what I do and the case sits up at desktop level to the right so it's easy to plug/unplug ide/sata drives of which I have a dozen or so with Windows/Linux systems.;D

Of course I have to mark each drives operating system with a black texta or else I wouldn't know where I was! :wacko: <-QUOTE}

ROFL ;D

Yeah, i even resort to winging it myself when it comes to jumper pin settings since i like to keep at least some of the internal HD's in their respective slots, i just perform the usual process of elimination till the dual-boot drives boots up normally.

It's weird, all these different HD manufacturers like Seagate, WesternDigital, even old Quantumm and one oddball Hitachi drive "ALL" have their respective Slave/Master positions differently.

I'm getting familiar with them better now, since i can only see their pin plug ends but i'll eventually jot down a short sketch of those placements i suppose and leave that drawing in the case for when i take an extended absence from these machines for awhile.

Because every time i been away for very long i lose track again ;D

[lodore]

just get some sata drives they dont have master and slave plugs so less user error;D

[Mrkvonic]

Hello,
I have a dumb question:
How does this thingie integrate into the case?
Mrk

[ThunderZ]

{QUOTE-> Hello,
I have a dumb question:
How does this thingie integrate into the case?
Mrk <-QUOTE}


Fits into a 3.5" bay. There are 3 power connectors. One from the PSU. Two that go the hard drives you want to connect\control. Only disadvantage I see is it is not hot swappable. The PC has to be off before the selector knob will function.