Usb Drives (Optical and HD)

[thaddaeus]

Just somthing i recently noticed, maybe many have already found this out but anyway about those drives...
I hav a lite on dvd(lots of stuff)burner usb 2.0. Tonight i decide i'd take it apart with a thought, i bet its just an ide drive with a usb adapter, sure enough. This then leads me to wonder are all usb hard drives and optical drives, that are about the same size (as a 5 1/2 drive bay) just ide drives in desgise. If so then hmmm, sounds like a rip off if you don't watch out.

This should probably be in /dev/random but its about hardware...

Also a side note, are there any bios s that allow to boot from usb devices, or any upgrades for soyo boards, i'm going to check myself, but i just thought i ask wile i'm here.

[SA_99]

I'm pretty sure most USB drives are just IDE drives with adapters. You can also make your own if you buy an IDE drive and an external USB-capable enclosure. It's probably much cheaper that way, and you get more flexibility.

Most modern BIOSes support booting from USB devices, provided that the USB device also supports it.

[XiaoKJ]

but the power cords aren't that easy to do. Nevertheless, its very cheap to DIY

[sharth]

But isin't ide faster than usb, so you're not really getting screwed over. you're just getting a cheaper hard-drive / whatever, since they only need to create the inclosure, not an entirely new hard-drive.