Looking for alternatives

**laggyNgroovy** · 03-13-08, 04:14 PM

To this, same concept though

http://www.industechnologies.com/pro...&ProductID=207

Not crucial or time sensitive, just a thought in my head

I have limited drive bays and don't want to sacrifice a bay to do a swap and pop method.
My current case (Antec P-180) has my current drives on rubber dampeners and in direct path of a 120mm fan pulling air over them. I like this arrangement.
I want the drives to be separate and distinct from each other. I don't want to dual boot anything.
Don't want to add any more fans/noise to the system
Cheaper than that link
Current drives are all SATA
Jury rigged, meh! I want a clean looking answer.

Coworker of mine used to use an IDE version. I am THINKING of installing Vista on another HD to start messing with it. I am a slow adopter, I am not taking the full plunge any time soon and don't want to corrupt my current arrangement which is working just fine thankyouverymuch.

So.... anyone know of another manufacturer / solution?

**Gumby** · 03-13-08, 05:01 PM

why not just boot into BIOS when you want to change drives and turn on the SATA channel you want to use and turn off the one you do not want to use for that boot? I used to do that for XP and Linux because I did not want to dual boot either. It worked great and is very easy to do on most boards

**laggyNgroovy** · 03-13-08, 05:33 PM

Thanks Gumby, now I feel REALLY stupid.

But, it is cheaper than $180.

**RottnJP** · 03-16-08, 11:46 AM

If you're just looking to switch two drives, you could even use a toggle switch. One of the ones with two input terminals and two outs, and the setting of the toggle sets which circuit is live. Run your hot wire from each boot hard drive thru the switch. Drill a hole in the case, and as long as you know how to drill better than a three year old you can make it perfectly clean looking. Set the boot order to look at those two drives first, and you can leave your other data drives (if any) live. $5 and half an hour if you take your time. Neat way of doing distinct dual boots, actually.

**HeavyG** · 03-16-08, 01:02 PM

I used to use BIOS to select the boot sequence for my drives when I had multiple Operating systems on different drives. I am currently using a dual boot system and I have absolutely no problems with it.

Unless you are really comfortable re-routing the power wire from the SATA drive, I would stay away from RottenJP's idea. It sounds like it would be easier to do on an IDE power adapter than a SATA.

**RottnJP** · 03-16-08, 03:48 PM

Oh, yeah, he did say SATA didn't he. You're right, I was picturing IDE- SATA power switching might be a little more tricky.

**SapiensErus** · 03-16-08, 04:34 PM

I would think SATA would be easier to power toggle since it is hot-pluggable. But really, using your BIOS to disable a disk you dont want to use at the moment is probably the easiest method for your goal.

**thedeadtellstales** · 03-21-11, 03:49 AM

The Third Person Shoulder View seems to have a problem when you're using a sniper rifle in that you don't shoot at the cross hairs but about 5 paces to the right. Is there a way to fix this or is this toast?