Quote:"... I have USB ports on my mobo, but I wouldn't mind installing a firewire card if necessary. Does anyone have recommendations for a drive enclosure solution that will minimize compatibility issues with Ghost 2003 in DOS mode(on an XP system)?"
Doc Sarvis
The Intel USB host controller drivers typically found on motherboards can cause greater expense to rectify than employing a communications tactic using
tomorrow's technology rather than that from
yesterday; the SATA hardware of the future will be backwards compatible just like USB 2.0 hardware is with USB 1.1:
USB 2.0 = 480 Mbps (megaBITS per second)=60 MB/s (megaBYTES per second)
FireWire 400 = 400 Mbps (megaBITS per second)
FireWire 800 = 800 Mbps (megaBITS per second)
SATA = 1,500 Mbps (megaBITS per second)
SATA II = 3,000 Mbps (megaBITS per second)
SATA III =6,000 Mbps (megaBITS per second)
SATA has no host controller/device controller baggage like either USB 2.0 or FireWire,
i.e., a PC system categorizes both USB and FireWire devices as external whereas an external SATA device - despite its own power supply and its own cooling fan - is regarded as internal. BTW, you can readily boot from an internal SATA HDD mounted in an external enclosure kit as referred to below - try to do that without major USB issues or minor FireWire issues. So, for those willing to
"think outside the box", consider the following:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=12157...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=12224...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=12049...
http://www.directron.com/serialslot.htmlThis last item is for those who are fortunate to already have SATA ports on their respective MOBOs as they have no need for the first item. All of the items suggested above
and below should prove useful with your
next PC.
For those who already have a spare serviceable IDE/ATA HDD onhand, consider the peculiar enclosure kit in the threads referenced below that connects
via SATA and USB 2.0 both (albeit unlike SATA, USB 2.0 is somewhat hobbled in the DOS mode):
http://radified.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.cgi?board=general;action=display;num=11161...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=12158...El Pescador
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