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Build Your Own SATA Hard Drive Switch

Posted by timothy on from the there-can-be-only-one dept.

Mikey Win writes "ExtremeTech shows us a cool hardware hack that allows multiple operating system to boot without dealing with any tedious BIOS setup changes. How? By building your own SATA hard drive switch. The result? You can expect a longer hard drive life span, power supply load reduction, and partitions protected from becoming overwritten or corrupted."

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  1. Dubious claims by MrEricSir · · Score: 3, Funny

    "You can expect a longer hard drive life span"

    Well, assuming you build it right.

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  2. Mad scientist hard drive switch by Captain+Spam · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hrmph. Call me when the switch in question is tied to a massive, mad scientist-quality switch, clearly labeled in big letters with "LINUX" on one side, "WINDOWS" on the other. It should also make a satisfying mechanical switching noise whenever I pull it. And if you can make lightning crack outside my window every time, that'd be nice, too.

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    1. Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hrmph. Call me when the switch in question is tied to a massive, mad scientist-quality switch, clearly labeled in big letters with "LINUX" on one side, "WINDOWS" on the other. It should also make a satisfying mechanical switching noise whenever I pull it. And if you can make lightning crack outside my window every time, that'd be nice, too.

      I'll get Igor to start work on that right away.

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    2. Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch by pipingguy · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's "Eye-gore".

    3. Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch by The+Yuckinator · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think you mean iGor, the Mad Scientist's assistant for the 21st Century.

    4. Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, I'm pretty sure that's aGore, the guy who created the internet.

    5. Re:Mad scientist hard drive switch by ByTor-2112 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You might be confusing him with iGor, inventor of the iNet.

  3. Sounds like a recipe for disaster by mr_da3m0n · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would like to see what terrible, terrible things happen when some idiot let loose near your computer decides that the knob on it looks weird and takes it for a spin. In the middle of a kernel compile.

    And by terrible things, I mean manslaughter.

    1. Re:Sounds like a recipe for disaster by pathological+liar · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hans, is that you?