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Using an express card solid state disk for bootcamp

Don't be fooled, the speed varies according to the card and manufacture, some use the cheaper cards uses the USB2 side of the ExpressCard slot as it's interface, others take advantage of the SATA3 capabilities ExpressCard offers - though I think they're reserved for the huge 64Gb/128Gb cards which are appearing on the market.
 
would it still work though? i've tried researching and ive heard conflicting reports about booting windows from external drives.
 
frem001 said:
Hi

I am considering buying an express card solid state disk* to use as my bootcamp partition since i've always had problems using bootcamp on my main drive (it takes up too much space too). Is it possible to do something like this?

*
http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/731641/art/transcend/32-gb-expresscard-34-soli.html
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i was SO tempted to buy one of these the other day. it was 200% off!!! $85 for 32gb (australian, so prob 35pound).


read up about the write speeds and they only get 10-15mb. which is nothing compared to HDD's (40-80mbps). and im pretty sure that the seek time difference wont amount to that low write/read time!
 
200% off? That's pretty good. So the item is free and they pay you the usual price of the item for taking it from them? Sweet deal!
 
chrisbeebops said:
200% off? That's pretty good. So the item is free and they pay you the usual price of the item for taking it from them? Sweet deal!
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well no lol..

it was ~$320 AUD, came down to $85AUD.

so yea.. pretty good deal, i was gonna run my leopard OS on it, but after reading reviews i pulled out. not worth it just yet
 
i never thought of this.

i dont think you can install bootcamp/xp/vista on an external though. I would think E34 would be seen as external, and not work.

can you even boot from a E34?

how bout something like this?

http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/
 
kgeier82 said:
i never thought of this.

i dont think you can install bootcamp/xp/vista on an external though. I would think E34 would be seen as external, and not work.

can you even boot from a E34?

how bout something like this?

http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/
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i think your right! i remember reading that somewhere, dont remember exactly though. so maybe the E34 thing mightnt work. lame.

ahwell i still wanna put my primary OS on it.
 
Don't get those ExpressCard SSDs. They are designed for mass storage, not as a replacement for HDDs. Also you won't be able to boot off of one because there are no drivers for it.
 
Thanks

Thank you for the help everyone. Replacing the optical drive sounds like an interesting idea since I don't really use it. I don't think you can get that done in the UK though.
 
frem001 said:
Thank you for the help everyone. Replacing the optical drive sounds like an interesting idea since I don't really use it. I don't think you can get that done in the UK though.
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its not hard to do. why not do it yourself?
 
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