Here is something I had been thinking on and would like see come about. Since the memory sticks have advanced in its density, would it not be a simple step to design a pci card with a usb socket on it that would integrate the memory stick to the boot up process. Then have software that would monitor and save the boot procedure to the ram stick, then when the pc boots - it boots from that ram and not reading the hard drive. All drivers etc. are stored on this say 1 or 2 gig ram stick. The pci card just intercepts the the boot procedure so it quickly loads from the ram stick. Good/bad/or been done ?
Sugjested design for pc
Aug 13, 2006
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Please post links for ram sticks.
I for one have never seen any.
thanks
Here is the memory sticks I was talking about:
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I know a few years back they were trying this idea with a memory card that plugged into the pci slot in the PC, but the limitation of enough memory then made it not catch on. They were using static ram with battery backup on the card, and it cost too much for at least 1 gig of static ram for it. Now these small flash ram sticks are cheap - don't need a battery backup etc. so this should be simply to do. Plus the advantage that without the fit in the pocket size bootup drive, your PC would be secure if you want to keep people out of it.
Oh, you ment _FLASH_ sticks not _RAM_ sticks.
google found hundreds of link to make bootable flash drives.
If you want to boot XP, here is a good link.
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have fun and correct your spelling.
USB drives are too slow. IDE flash drives are 10 times faster. The high end IDE flash drives are pushing 30MB/s.
Unnecessary, flash drives behave exactly like a hard disk, just without the noise and power drain.
2 G flash drive can run window 98 directly.Why PCI? IDE sockets/cables are in every computer.
You need 5G minimum to install XP. 8G IDE flash drive would be about $200.
See:
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