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WTB: CompactFlash to IDE adapter
Edgedamage:
I will get one of those when the prices of micro drives drop.
toto:
I bought at http://siliconkit.com several times
very good and fast delivery
rchadd:
http://www.cfide.co.uk/
krick:
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Isn't there some problem with CompactFlash having a limit on the number of read/writes? I seem to remember someone mentioning that under normal use with an operating system that makes frequent writes to the "drive" (swapfile? file system updates?) the cards will fail in a year or two.
Just curious if this problem still exists and if so, how are people getting around it.
Edgedamage:
Most are good for 1,000,000 read write cycles.
read here:
http://www.mikhailtech.com/articles/storage/kingstonsm64/page2.shtml
http://www.kanguru.com/cfmicrodrive.html
So letting windows use it to swap file might kill it in a few months. So getting a microdrive might be the better way to go.