Hi,

In message <4252FF22 dot 4060109 at ricksweb dot info>, Richard Harding
<rick at ricksweb dot info> writes
>I don't have a windows desktop to try this on. (just 2 win laptops &
>one old linux server right now) My understanding is that to use
>physdiskwrite would require a space Windows machine to hook up the
>firewall HD to.
>
>If I'm mistaken please correct me.
I have a USB 'dongle' that I picked up off of eBay for about £11 and
this allows you to connect any IDE device to the USB port with either a
standard 40-pin connector or a 44-pin laptop connector.  A laptop drive
can be powered by the USB port but it comes with a power supply other
devices with a standard Molex connector.

This means that I can plug an IDE device in without having to shutdown
or open my machine.

It's one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=42322&item=67556
79346&rd=1

I find this very handy and a couple of colleagues bought one after they
saw the one I bought !!!

This probably won't help you in the short term but it really makes life
easier in the long term.  It also means that you can write to a standard
3.5" IDE drive from a laptop !!!

HTH,


                                Neil.

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